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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.20.2.pr

Effects of Judgment and Extraordinary Penalties for Stellionatus

Passage 8096 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that although the trial for stellionatus does not carry the consequence of infamy, it involves discretionary punishment under the extraordinary procedure.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo ad Sabinum. ] §47.20.2.prStellionatus iudicium famosum quidem non est, sed coercitionem extraordinariam habet.
[ULPIAN, in the eighth book on Sabinus.] The trial for stellionatus is indeed not infamous, but it entails extraordinary coercion.

Notes

  1. §47.20.2.prfamosum — The adjective famosus generally means 'famous' or 'infamous', but in Roman procedural law, it specifically indicates that a judgment in such a trial entails a loss of civil standing or infamy (infamia).
  2. §47.20.2.prcoercitionem extraordinariam — Refers to discretionary punishment or enforcement exercised by imperial magistrates under the 'extraordinary procedure' (cognitio extraordinaria), as opposed to the ordinary statutory procedures (ordo iudiciorum).

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