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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.2.19.pr-48.2.19.1

Prohibition of Compelling Prosecution or Multiple Accusations

Passage 8146 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Imperial rescripts are presented stating that the heirs of accusers must not be compelled to prosecute charges, and that accusers must not be forced to prosecute multiple defendants.

[CALLISTRATUS libro quinto de cognitionibus. ] §48.2.19.prDiui fratres rescripserunt non debere cogi heredes accusatorum exequi crimina.
[CALLISTRATUS, On Judicial Inquiries, Book 5] The Divine Brothers replied by rescript that the heirs of accusers ought not to be compelled to prosecute the charges.
§48.2.19.1Item non oportere compelli accusatorem plures reos facere diuus Hadrianus rescripsit.
Likewise, the Divine Hadrian replied by rescript that an accuser ought not to be compelled to make several persons defendants.

Notes

  1. §48.2.19.prexequi — Present infinitive of the deponent verb exequor (to prosecute), acting as the complement to the passive infinitive cogi (to be compelled).
  2. §48.2.19.1plures reos facere — A legal idiom based on reum facere (to make someone a defendant), with reos in the plural modified by plures (multiple). It indicates that an accuser is not forced to prosecute several individuals against their will.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.2.19.pr-48.2.19.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.2.19.pr-48.2.19.1

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