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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.37.pr-47.10.37.1

Defamatory Monuments and Lex Cornelia Actions

Passage 8039 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the imperial regulations on removing public monuments intended to defame others, and notes that civil actions for injuries under the Lex Cornelia can be brought with the damages estimated by a judge.

[MARCIANUS libro quarto decimo institutionum. ] §47.10.37.prConstitutionibus principalibus cauetur ea, quae infamandi alterius causa in monumenta publica posita sunt, tolli de medio.
[MARCIANUS in the fourteenth book of the Institutes.] It is provided by imperial constitutions that those things which have been placed on public monuments for the purpose of defaming another shall be removed.
§47.10.37.1Etiam ex lege Cornelia iniuriarum actio ciuiliter moueri potest condemnatione aestimatione iudicis facienda.
An action for injuries under the Lex Cornelia can also be brought civilly, with the condemnation to be made according to the estimation of the judge.

Notes

  1. §47.10.37.prtolli de medio — A legal idiom combining the passive present infinitive of tollere (to lift, remove) with de medio (from the midst), meaning 'to be removed from public view' or 'to be cleared away'. It functions here as the infinitive clause dependent on the impersonal passive cauetur.
  2. §47.10.37.1condemnatione aestimatione iudicis facienda — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun condemnatione (ablative singular feminine) and the gerundive facienda (ablative singular feminine), which internally contains the ablative of means aestimatione iudicis (by the estimation of the judge). It indicates the condition or manner of the action, meaning 'with the condemnation to be determined by the judge's assessment'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.37.pr-47.10.37.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.37.pr-47.10.37.1

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