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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.19.3.pr

Choice Between Criminal and Civil Action for Plundered Inheritance

Passage 8091 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcianus cites a rescript of the emperors Severus and Antoninus, showing that a person whose inheritance is plundered has a choice between extraordinary criminal prosecution and ordinary civil recovery.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo publicorum iudiciorum. ] §47.19.3.prDiuus Seuerus et Antoninus rescripserunt electionem esse, utrum quis uelit crimen expilatae hereditatis extra ordinem apud praefectum urbi uel apud praesides agere an hereditatem a possessoribus iure ordinario uindicare.
[MARCIANUS, in the second book on public trials.] The deified Severus and Antoninus wrote in a rescript that there is a choice, whether one wishes to prosecute the crime of plundered inheritance extraordinarily before the prefect of the city or before the governors, or to claim the inheritance from the possessors by ordinary law.

Notes

  1. §47.19.3.prelectionem esse, utrum... an... — The accusative and infinitive construction `electionem esse`, governed by the main verb `rescripserunt`, is followed by the `utrum... an...` clause (an indirect double question) explaining the choices. Two infinitives, `agere` (referring to criminal prosecution) and `uindicare` (referring to civil recovery), depend in parallel on the subjunctive verb `uelit`.
  2. §47.19.3.prextra ordinem ... iure ordinario — Adverbial expressions showing the contrast between legal procedures. `extra ordinem` (extraordinarily) refers to the direct trial by the emperor or magistrates outside the ordinary formulary system, whereas `iure ordinario` (by ordinary law) refers to the standard civil procedure.

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