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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.11.8.pr

Jurisdiction over Crimes and Betrayal of Documents

Passage 8055 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage describes crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the governor, giving the example of the betrayal of documents, and notes that the enforcement of this matter was granted to the Prefect of the City by the Divine Brothers.

[IDEM eodem libro. ] §47.11.8.prSunt praeterea crimina, quae ad executionem praesidis pertinent: ut puta si quis instrumenta sua prodita esse dicat: nam huius rei executio praefecto urbis a diuis fratribus data est.
[THE SAME, from the same book.] There are, furthermore, crimes which belong to the enforcement of the governor: as, for example, if anyone should say that his documents have been betrayed; for the enforcement of this matter was granted to the Prefect of the City by the Divine Brothers.

Notes

  1. §47.11.8.prinstrumenta sua prodita esse — prodita esse is the perfect passive infinitive of prodo. Combined with instrumenta (documents, instruments), it means 'that one's documents have been betrayed, disclosed, or surrendered to an opposing party.' It refers to the illicit disclosure or handing over of legal or evidence documents to an adversary.
  2. §47.11.8.prdiuis fratribus — 'The Divine Brothers' (diui fratres) refers to the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, who ruled together from 161 to 169 AD. divus is the deifying epithet awarded to deceased emperors.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.11.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.11.8.pr

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