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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.15.4.pr

Infamy Incurred by Prevarication in a Public Trial

Passage 8078 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Macer explains that if a person exempt from prosecution for false accusation is pronounced a prevaricator in a public trial, they shall incur infamy (loss of certain civic rights).

[IDEM libro secundo publicorum iudiciorum. ] §47.15.4.prSi is, de cuius calumnia agi prohibetur, praeuaricator in causa iudicii publici pronuntiatus sit, infamis erit.
[THE SAME, in the second book on public prosecutions.]\n\nIf a person, against whose false accusation action is forbidden to be brought, has been pronounced a prevaricator in a public prosecution case, he shall be infamous.

Notes

  1. §47.15.4.prde cuius calumnia agi prohibetur — The word 'cuius' is the genitive of the relative pronoun referring to 'is'. 'agi' is the passive infinitive of 'agere' (to bring an action). Combined with the passive verb 'prohibetur', it means 'it is forbidden for an action to be brought concerning the false accusation of whom'.
  2. §47.15.4.prinfamis — Refers to a person subject to the legal sanction of 'infamia' (infamy or loss of civic honor) in Roman law. It does not merely signify moral disgrace, but a specific legal status involving the loss of certain civic rights, such as holding public office or representing others in court.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.15.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.15.4.pr

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