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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.19.37.pr

Extraordinary Punishment for Grain Hoarders Using False Measures

Passage 8418 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

For the benefit of the public food supply, it was decided that grain-speculators who use false measures should be punished outside the ordinary legal procedure according to the gravity of their offense.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §48.19.37.prIn dardanarios propter falsum mensurarum modum ob utilitatem popularis annonae pro modo admissi extra ordinem uindicari placuit.
[PAULUS, from the First Book of Opinions.] It has been decided that, for the sake of the public grain supply, grain-speculators, on account of using false measures, should be punished outside the ordinary course of law in proportion to the gravity of the offense committed.

Notes

  1. §48.19.37.prIn dardanarios — The preposition in with the accusative dardanarios indicates the target of the passive infinitive uindicari (to be punished).
  2. §48.19.37.prpro modo admissi — admissi is the genitive of the substantivized neuter perfect passive participle admissum (an offense committed), modifying pro modo (in proportion to the measure of).
  3. §48.19.37.prextra ordinem — Refers to proceedings outside the ordinary course of law (extraordinaria cognitio), meaning the cases are tried outside the classical jury system (ordo iudiciorum).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.19.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.19.37.pr

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