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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.48.pr

Requirement of Latin for Praetorian Decrees

Passage 6900 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates the linguistic requirement that decrees issued by praetors must be rendered in Latin.

[TRYPHONINUS libro secundo disputationum. ] §42.1.48.prDecreta a praetoribus Latine interponi debent.
[TRYPHONINUS, in the second book of Disputations.] Decrees by praetors must be rendered in Latin.

Notes

  1. §42.1.48.printerponi — The verb `interponere` in this legal context means "to render" or "to pronounce" a decree or judgment. The present passive infinitive `interponi` serves as the complement to the modal verb `debent` ("must"), with `a praetoribus` indicating the agent of the passive action.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.48.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.48.pr

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