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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.16.1.pr

Punishment of Harborers and Those Who Release Robbers

Passage 8082 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that harborers of criminals are the worst class and should be punished like robbers, and that those who release robbers in exchange for money or stolen goods should be treated in the same manner.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo publicorum iudiciorum. ] §47.16.1.prPessimum genus est receptatorum, sine quibus nemo latere diu potest: et praecipitur, ut perinde puniantur atque latrones.
[MARCIANUS, in his second book on public prosecutions.] The class of harborers of criminals is the worst, without whom no one can remain hidden for long; and it is prescribed that they should be punished in the same manner as robbers.
in pari causa habendi sunt, qui, cum adprehendere latrones possent, pecunia accepta uel subreptorum parte dimiserunt.
Those who, although they were able to apprehend robbers, released them upon receiving money or a portion of the stolen property, are to be held in the same position.

Notes

  1. §47.16.1.prreceptatorum — Genitive plural of the noun receptator (harborer/receiver). It functions as a genitive of definition or apposition, defining the contents of the noun genus.
  2. §47.16.1.prsubreptorum — Genitive neuter plural of subreptus, the perfect passive participle of the verb subripere (to steal). Used substantively to mean 'stolen things' (stolen property), it functions as a partitive genitive modifying the noun parte.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.16.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.16.1.pr

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