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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.11.11.pr

Actions against Performers Exhibiting Snakes

Passage 8058 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stipulated that against itinerant performers who exhibit serpents, if anyone suffers damage due to fear of the animals, a legal action shall be granted in proportion to the offense.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §47.11.11.prIn circulatores, qui serpentes circumferunt et proponunt, si cui ob eorum metum damnum datum est, pro modo admissi actio dabitur.
[PAULUS, from the first book of Opinions.] Against itinerant performers who carry about and exhibit serpents, if damage is caused to anyone because of fear of them, an action shall be granted in proportion to the gravity of the offense.

Notes

  1. §47.11.11.prIn circulatores — The preposition `in` with the accusative is connected with the verb phrase at the end, `actio dabitur` (an action shall be granted), indicating the defendant or target of the legal action.
  2. §47.11.11.prcui — Because it immediately follows the conditional conjunction `si`, the prefix `ali-` of the indefinite pronoun `alicui` (to anyone, dative) has been dropped.
  3. §47.11.11.preorum metum — The genitive pronoun `eorum` refers to the preceding `serpentes` (serpents) and functions as an objective genitive in relation to the noun `metum` (fear), meaning "fear of them."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.11.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.11.11.pr

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