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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.9.6.pr

Definition of Attack and Destruction of a Ship

Passage 7993 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Callistratus' definition of what constitutes a ship being "captured" (plunder, sinking, destruction, or cutting of rigging, etc.).

[CALLISTRATUS libro primo edicti monitorii. ] §47.9.6.prExpugnatur nauis, cum spoliatur aut mergitur aut dissoluitur aut pertunditur aut funes eius praeciduntur aut uela conscinduntur aut ancorae inuolantur de mare.
[CALLISTRATUS, on the Warning Edict, book one.] A ship is captured when it is plundered, or sunk, or broken up, or holed, or its ropes are cut, or its sails are torn to pieces, or its anchors are carried off from the sea.

Notes

  1. §47.9.6.prcum spoliatur — The conjunction cum here introduces an adverbial clause of time or condition ("when" or "if"), taking indicative present verbs (spoliatur, mergitur, etc.) to define or set up a general and recurring situation for the main clause's expugnatur (present tense).
  2. §47.9.6.prancorae inuolantur de mare — This is the passive of the verb inuolo (to pounce upon, seize violently). de mare indicates the point of origin of the taking ("from the sea"), referring to the act of illegally or forcibly raising and carrying away anchors that have been cast into the seabed or water.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.9.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.9.6.pr

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