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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.11.3.pr

Fraud, Plundered Inheritance, and Public Prosecution

Passage 8050 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that while trials for fraud or the plundering of an inheritance involve an accusation, they do not constitute public prosecutions.

[IDEM libro tertio de adulteris. ] §47.11.3.prStellionatus uel expilatae hereditatis iudicia accusationem quidem habent, sed non sunt publica.
[THE SAME, from the third book on Adultery.] Trials for fraud or the plundering of an inheritance do indeed involve an accusation, but they are not public.

Notes

  1. §47.11.3.prStellionatus uel expilatae hereditatis — These are genitives modifying the subject `iudicia`. `stellionatus` is the genitive singular of a fourth-declension noun, referring to general fraud. `expilatae hereditatis` is a genitive phrase meaning 'of a plundered inheritance,' which constitutes the crime of plundering an inheritance.
  2. §47.11.3.prpublica — A predicate adjective in the neuter nominative plural, agreeing with the subject `iudicia`. In Roman law, `iudicia publica` (public trials) refers to criminal trials where any citizen could bring an accusation on behalf of the public interest, but it is stated here that these actions, being private, do not belong to that category.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.11.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.11.3.pr

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