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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.22.3.pr-47.22.3.2

Dissolution of Illicit Guilds and Slave Membership

Passage 8104 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the distribution of property upon the dissolution of illicit associations, the prohibition of forming unauthorized bodies, and the requirements for admitting slaves into associations of the lower classes, including penalties for non-compliant managers.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo iudiciorum publicorum. ] §47.22.3.prCollegia si qua fuerint illicita, mandatis et constitutionibus et senatus consultis dissoluuntur: sed permittitur eis, cum dissoluuntur, pecunias communes si quas habent diuidere pecuniamque inter se partiri.
[MARCIANUS in the second book on public trials.] If there are any illicit associations, they are dissolved by mandates, constitutions, and decrees of the Senate; but they are permitted, when they are dissolved, to divide any common funds they may have and to distribute the money among themselves.
§47.22.3.1In summa autem, nisi ex senatus consulti auctoritate uel Caesaris collegium uel quodcumque tale corpus coierit, contra senatus consultum et mandata et constitutiones collegium celebrat.
In short, unless an association or any such body is formed by the authority of a decree of the Senate or of the Emperor, it holds its meetings contrary to the decree of the Senate, mandates, and constitutions.
§47.22.3.2Seruos quoque licet in collegio tenuiorum recipi uolentibus dominis, ut curatores horum corporum sciant, ne inuito aut ignorante domino in collegium tenuiorum reciperent, et in futurum poena teneantur in singulos homines aureorum centum.
Slaves also are allowed to be admitted into the association of the lower classes, provided their masters are willing, so that the managers of these bodies may know that they are not to admit them into the association of the lower classes against the will or without the knowledge of their masters, and that in future they will be liable to a penalty of one hundred aurei for each individual.

Notes

  1. §47.22.3.prpecunias communes si quas habent — The phrase "si quas" consists of the conditional particle "si" and the feminine accusative plural of the indefinite pronoun "quis" modifying "pecunias", forming an embedded conditional clause "if they have any (common funds)".
  2. §47.22.3.1coierit — The third-person singular perfect subjunctive (or future perfect indicative) of "coire" (to assemble, form). Its subject is "collegium uel quodcumque tale corpus", forming a conditional clause introduced by "nisi".
  3. §47.22.3.2uolentibus dominis — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun "dominis" and the present participle "uolentibus", expressing the condition "provided their masters are willing".
  4. §47.22.3.2inuito aut ignorante domino — Another ablative absolute construction, where the adjective "inuito" and the present participle "ignorante" modify the singular noun "domino", meaning "against the will or without the knowledge of their master".
  5. §47.22.3.2reciperent — The imperfect subjunctive "reciperent" is used in the negative purpose clause ("ne") dependent on "ut ... sciant" (present subjunctive), which itself depends on "licet" (present). This shift in tense suggests a standing prohibition or a general rule inherited from previous regulations.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.22.3.pr-47.22.3.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.22.3.pr-47.22.3.2

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