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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.1.1.pr

Definition of Public Prosecutions and Relevant Statutes

Passage 8114 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text states that not all trials involving a crime are public trials, but only those arising from specific laws, listing various statutes such as the Julian law on treason.

[MACER libro primo de publicis iudiciis. ] §48.1.1.prNon omnia iudicia, in quibus crimen uertitur, et publica sunt, sed ea tantum, quae ex legibus iudiciorum publicorum ueniunt, ut Iulia maiestatis, Iulia de adulteriis, Cornelia de sicariis et ueneficis, Pompeia parricidii, Iulia peculatus, Cornelia de testamentis, Iulia de ui priuata, Iulia de ui publica, Iulia ambitus, Iulia repetundarum, Iulia de annona.
[MACER in the first book on public judgments.] Not all judgments in which a crime is concerned are also public, but only those which arise from the laws on public judgments, such as the Julian law on treason, the Julian law on adultery, the Cornelian law on assassins and poisoners, the Pompeian law on parricide, the Julian law on embezzlement, the Cornelian law on testaments, the Julian law on private violence, the Julian law on public violence, the Julian law on bribery, the Julian law on extortion, and the Julian law on the grain supply.

Notes

  1. §48.1.1.pret — Functions here as an adverb meaning 'also' or 'even', emphasizing that not all trials involving crimes are 'also' public trials, since private trials can also address criminal matters.
  2. §48.1.1.prIulia maiestatis — In the list of laws following 'ut', the feminine noun 'lex' (or its plural 'leges') is omitted. Genitives like 'maiestatis' or 'peculatus' and phrases with 'de' + ablative indicate the specific crimes or subjects regulated by each law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.1.1.pr

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