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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.17.2.pr

Application of Ordinary Procedure to Daytime Thieves

Passage 8085 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that those who commit theft during the day are to be referred to ordinary legal procedures rather than extraordinary trial.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo iudiciorum publicorum. ] §47.17.2.prSed si interdiu furtum fecerunt, ad ius ordinarium remittendi sunt.
[MARCIAN, in the second book on public judgments.] But if they committed theft during the day, they must be referred to the ordinary law.

Notes

  1. §47.17.2.prremittendi sunt — remittendi sunt is a passive periphrastic form composed of the gerundive and the present tense of sum, expressing obligation or necessity ('must be referred'). The grammatical subject is third-person plural, referring to the thieves who committed the crime during the day.
  2. §47.17.2.prius ordinarium — Refers to 'ordinary law' or 'ordinary procedure', as opposed to the extraordinary trial (extra ordinem) mentioned in the previous section (§47.17.1.pr), indicating the standard legal and judicial procedures (ordo iudiciorum).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.17.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.17.2.pr

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