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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.6.3.pr

Prohibition of Inhabiting Walls and Gates Against Fire

Passage 7048 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It prohibits the habitation of city walls and gates without the emperor's permission, on account of preventing accidental fires.

[PAULUS libro quinto sententiarum. ] §43.6.3.prNeque muri neque portae habitari sine permissu principis propter fortuita incendia possunt.
[PAULUS, from his Opinions, book five.] Neither walls nor gates can be inhabited without the permission of the emperor on account of accidental fires.

Notes

  1. §43.6.3.prhabitari ... possunt — habitari is the present passive infinitive of the verb habitare. It forms a passive construction with the auxiliary verb possunt (third-person plural), agreeing with the plural subjects muri and portae, meaning literally 'neither walls nor gates can be inhabited.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.6.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.6.3.pr

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