Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.13.9.pr

Five-Year Statute of Limitations for Embezzlement

Passage 8320 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A provision by Venuleius Saturninus stating that a prosecution for the crime of embezzlement committed more than five years ago cannot be brought, establishing a five-year statute of limitations.

[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro secundo iudiciorum publicorum. ] §48.13.9.prPeculatus crimen ante quinquennium admissum obici non oportet.

[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, On Public Prosecutions, Book II.] A charge of embezzlement committed more than five years ago ought not to be brought.

Notes

§48.13.9.probici non oportet — The impersonal verb `oportet` ("it is proper") takes an accusative with infinitive (A.c.I.) construction as its subject. Here, the accusative noun phrase `peculatus crimen` (qualified by the perfect passive participle `admissum`) acts as the subject of the passive infinitive `obici` ("to be brought"), forming the clause that serves as the subject of `non oportet`.

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