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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.11.4.pr

Bribery to Alter Official Duties under the Extortion Law

Passage 8303 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Continuing from the previous fragment, this section specifies that accepting money in order to perform one's official duties to a greater or lesser extent also falls under the Lex Julia on extortion.

[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro tertio publicorum iudiciorum. ] §48.11.4.pruel quo magis aut minus quid ex officio suo faceret.
[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, in the third book of Public Prosecutions.] or in order that he might do something to a greater or lesser extent in accordance with his office.

Notes

  1. §48.11.4.pruel quo magis aut minus quid ex officio suo faceret — This clause extends the conditions (specifically the purpose of pecuniam acceperit) associated with the relative clause in the previous fragment (Macer, §48.11.3.pr). The conjunction quo introduces a purpose clause with a comparative (magis aut minus), taking the imperfect subjunctive faceret. The word quid is the indefinite pronoun aliquid (something) used after certain conjunctions. The phrase ex officio suo means 'in accordance with' or 'by virtue of his office'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.11.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.11.4.pr

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