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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.16.16.pr

Inapplicability of Holiday Rules to Detained Slave Defendants

Passage 8351 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that Emperor Domitian decreed by rescript that provisions concerning holidays and the dismissal of defendants do not apply to accused slaves who are ordered to be held in custody to ensure the trial's completion.

[PAULUS libro singulari de adulteriis. ] §48.16.16.prDomitianus rescripsit, quod de feriis et abolendis reis dicitur, non pertinere ad seruos, qui accusati in uinculis esse iubentur, ne iudicium finiatur.
[Paulus, On Adulteries, in One Book.] Domitian decreed by rescript that what is said concerning holidays and the dismissal of defendants does not apply to slaves, who, when accused, are ordered to be kept in chains so that the trial may not be left unfinished.

Notes

  1. §48.16.16.prquod de feriis et abolendis reis dicitur — This quod clause, with the relative pronoun quod (neuter singular nominative, subject of dicitur) implying its antecedent (e.g., id), forms a noun clause ("what is said...") which functions as the subject of the accusative-with-infinitive construction non pertinere ad seruos.
  2. §48.16.16.prne iudicium finiatur — A negative purpose clause (ne) with the subjunctive present passive finiatur, expressing the purpose of in uinculis esse iubentur (ordered to be kept in chains) within the preceding relative clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.16.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.16.16.pr

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