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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.16.13.pr-48.16.13.1

Definition of Abandoning Accusation and Imperial Exemption

Passage 8348 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section defines the abandonment of a prosecution as the complete relinquishment of the intent to proceed, distinguishing it from postponement, and exempts from punishment those who abandon their case with the emperor's permission.

[PAULUS libro tertio de adulteriis. ] §48.16.13.prDestitisse eum accipiemus, qui in totum animum agendi deposuit, non qui distulit accusationem.
[Paulus, On Adulteries, Book III.] We shall understand that he has abandoned the prosecution who has entirely laid aside the intention of proceeding, not he who has postponed the accusation.
§48.16.13.1Sed qui permissu imperatoris ab accusatione destitit, impunitus est.
But he who has abandoned the prosecution with the permission of the emperor goes unpunished.

Notes

  1. §48.16.13.prDestitisse eum accipiemus — The verb `accipiemus` ("we shall understand/take") governs an accusative and infinitive (AcI) construction. `eum` is the subject accusative of the perfect infinitive `destitisse`, and serves as the antecedent of the following relative clause `qui...` ("he who...").
  2. §48.16.13.pranimum agendi — `agendi` is the genitive of the gerund of the verb `agere` (here used in the legal sense of "to proceed with a lawsuit"), modifying the noun `animum` ("mind," "intention") to mean "the intention of prosecuting."
  3. §48.16.13.1permissu imperatoris — `permissu` is the ablative singular of the fourth-declension noun `permissus` ("permission"), functioning adverbially to express the manner or authorizing circumstance ("with the permission of the emperor").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.16.13.pr-48.16.13.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.16.13.pr-48.16.13.1

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