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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.6.2.pr

Prohibition of Harm to Walls, Gates, and Sanctified Places

Passage 7047 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Hermogenianus states that it is prohibited to perform any action on city walls, gates, or other sanctified places that would cause damage or inconvenience.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro tertio iuris epitomarum. ] §43.6.2.prIn muris itemque portis et aliis sanctis locis aliquid facere, ex quo damnum aut incommodum irrogetur, non permittitur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, from his Epitome of Law, book three.] It is not permitted to do anything on city walls, and likewise on gates, and other sanctified places, from which damage or inconvenience may be caused.

Notes

  1. §43.6.2.prex quo damnum aut incommodum irrogetur — This is a subjunctive clause of characteristic with the relative phrase ex quo (where irrogetur is the present subjunctive passive), describing the nature or outcome of the antecedent aliquid ("anything of such a kind that from it...").
  2. §43.6.2.prsanctis locis — In Roman law, sanctus (sanctified/inviolable) refers to places protected by a penalty, such as city walls (muri) and gates (portae), and is distinguished from sacer (consecrated to the gods).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.6.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.6.2.pr

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