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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.2.14.pr

Prohibition of Multiple Accusations for the Same Crime

Passage 8141 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus records a senatorial decree prohibiting anyone from being prosecuted under multiple laws for the same offense.

[PAULUS libro secundo de officio proconsulis. ] §48.2.14.prSenatus censuit, ne quis ob idem crimen pluribus legibus reus fieret.
[PAULUS, On the Office of Proconsul, Book 2] The Senate resolved that no one should be made a defendant under multiple laws for the same crime.

Notes

  1. §48.2.14.prne quis — A combination of the conjunction `ne` introducing a noun clause of resolve and the indefinite pronoun `quis` (used instead of `aliquis` after negative words like `ne`), meaning "lest anyone" or "that no one."
  2. §48.2.14.prpluribus legibus — Ablative of instrument, cause, or basis, referring to being prosecuted under multiple different laws (double jeopardy under different statutes).
  3. §48.2.14.prreus fieret — The imperfect subjunctive of `fieri` (serving as the passive of `facere`, meaning "to become"), indicating "should be made a defendant." The imperfect tense is used due to the sequence of tenses (consecutio temporum) triggered by the historical perfect `censuit` in the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.2.14.pr

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