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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.19.24.pr

Removal of Statues of Exiles for Treason

Passage 8405 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It rules that the statues of those who have been relegated or deported due to treason must be removed.

[IDEM libro undecimo pandectarum. ] §48.19.24.prEorum, qui relegati uel deportati sunt ex causa maiestatis, statuas detrahendas scire debemus.
[THE SAME, from the eleventh book of the Pandects.] We ought to know that the statues of those who have been relegated or deported on account of treason must be pulled down.

Notes

  1. §48.19.24.prstatuas detrahendas — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction serving as the object of the main verb scire debemus, with the copula esse omitted. The gerundive detrahendas (from detraho, 'to pull down, remove') agrees in gender and number (feminine plural) with its accusative subject statuas.
  2. §48.19.24.prex causa maiestatis — maiestas (referred to as laesa maiestas in classical times) refers to 'treason' or 'lese-majesty' (violation of the sovereign power or dignity of the state) in Roman law. ex causa is a prepositional phrase indicating the cause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.19.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.19.24.pr

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