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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.15.5.pr

Disqualification of Convicted Prevaricators from Accusing

Passage 8079 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment states that an accuser convicted of prevarication is subsequently barred by law from bringing an accusation.

[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro secundo publicorum iudiciorum. ] §47.15.5.prAccusator in praeuaricatione conuictus postea ex lege non accusat.
[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, in the second book on public prosecutions.] An accuser convicted of prevarication does not accuse thereafter by law.

Notes

  1. §47.15.5.prconuictus — The perfect passive participle `conuictus` (from `conuinco`, "to convict") is in the nominative singular masculine, modifying the subject `Accusator`. Together with the prepositional phrase `in praeuaricatione` ("in/of prevarication"), it specifies the charge of which the accuser was convicted.
  2. §47.15.5.prex lege — Meaning "by law" or "under the law," this phrase denotes the legal authority or statutory basis by which a convicted accuser is stripped of the capacity to bring accusations.
  3. §47.15.5.prnon accusat — Literally "does not accuse," but in this juridical context, it substantially functions to mean "is not permitted to accuse" or "loses the legal standing to bring an accusation."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.15.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.15.5.pr

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