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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.2.1.pr

Prohibition of Prosecution by Women and Exceptions for Relatives

Passage 8128 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a woman is generally prohibited from bringing a public prosecution against anyone, with the exception of prosecuting the death of her close relatives or her patron's family.

[POMPONIUS libro primo ad Sabinum. ] §48.2.1.prNon est permissum mulieri publico iudicio quemquam reum facere, nisi scilicet parentium liberorumque et patroni et patronae et eorum filii filiae nepotis neptis mortem exequatur.
[POMPONIUS, on Sabinus, Book 1] A woman is not permitted to accuse anyone in a public prosecution, unless, of course, she is prosecuting the death of her parents, children, patron, patroness, or their son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter.

Notes

  1. §48.2.1.prnisi ... exequatur — Subjunctive present (3rd person singular of the deponent verb exsequor), whose subject is the woman (mulier) implied by the dative mulieri in the main clause. It forms a restrictive conditional clause introduced by nisi ("unless...").
  2. §48.2.1.preorum filii filiae nepotis neptis — The genitive plural pronoun eorum ("their") refers back to patroni et patronae (patron and patroness). The following nouns filii, filiae, nepotis, and neptis are all in the genitive singular, modifying mortem ("death").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.2.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.2.1.pr

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