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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.15.7.pr

Deemed Loss of Suit for Corrupting an Informer

Passage 8081 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states that in all cases except capital ones, anyone who corrupts an informer is deemed to have lost the suit under a senatorial decree.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto de censibus. ] §47.15.7.prIn omnibus causis, praeterquam in sanguine, qui delatorem corrupit, ex senatus consulto pro uicto habetur.
[ULPIANUS, in his fourth book on the census.] In all cases, except those involving blood, he who has corrupted an informer is, under a decree of the Senate, regarded as defeated.

Notes

  1. §47.15.7.prsanguine — The term 'sanguis' (blood) is a legal metaphor referring to capital cases (causae capitales) involving death or corporal punishment. Thus, 'praeterquam in sanguine' means 'except in capital cases'.
  2. §47.15.7.prqui delatorem corrupit — The antecedent (is) of the relative pronoun 'qui' is omitted, and the entire relative clause ('he who has corrupted an informer') functions as the subject of the main verb 'habetur'.

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