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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.13.1.pr

Extortion under False Official Orders and Restitution

Passage 8070 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section stipulates that if extortion is committed under the guise of a false order of the governor, the provincial governor shall order the restoration of the property taken through such fear and punish the crime.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto opinionum. ] §47.13.1.prSi simulato praesidis iussu concussio interuenit, ablatum eiusmodi terrore restitui praeses prouinciae iubet et delictum coercet.
[ULPIANUS, in the fifth book of Opinions.] If extortion has taken place under the guise of a false order of the governor, the governor of the province orders what was taken through such fear to be restored, and punishes the crime.

Notes

  1. §47.13.1.prsimulato praesidis iussu — The participle `simulato` modifies the noun `iussu` (ablative of `iussus`, "order"), meaning "by a simulated order of the governor," i.e., "under the guise of a false order." The ablative functions as an ablative of means or attendant circumstance.
  2. §47.13.1.prablatum — This is the perfect passive participle neuter accusative singular of `auferre` used substantively, meaning "that which was taken away." It functions as the subject accusative of the passive infinitive `restitui` in the accusative-and-infinitive construction governed by `iubet`.

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