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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.21.1.pr

Punishment for Removing Boundary Stones According to Status

Passage 8099 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the removal of boundary stones is not punished by a pecuniary fine, but must be dealt with by disciplinary measures based on the social status of the offenders.

[MODESTINUS libro octauo regularum. ] §47.21.1.prTerminorum auulsorum non multa pecuniaria est, sed pro condicione admittentium coercitione transigendum.
[MODESTINUS in the eighth book of Rules.] The penalty for uprooted boundary stones is not a pecuniary fine, but must be dealt with by chastisement in accordance with the status of the perpetrators.

Notes

  1. §47.21.1.prTerminorum auulsorum — A genitive phrase qualifying "multa" in an objective sense, meaning "for [the offense of] uprooted boundary stones".
  2. §47.21.1.pradmittentium — The genitive plural of the present participle of "admittere" (to commit [a crime]), used substantively to mean "of those who commit [the offense]".
  3. §47.21.1.prtransigendum — A gerundive in an impersonal passive construction with "est" omitted, expressing obligation or necessity ("must be settled").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.21.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.21.1.pr

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