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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.2.21.pr

Right of Capital Defendants to Report to the Treasury

Passage 8148 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus explains that a defendant on a capital charge is not barred from reporting matters to the treasury as long as their own trial remains undecided.

[PAPINIANUS libro quinto decimo responsorum. ] §48.2.21.prCapitis reus suspenso crimine causam fisco deferre non prohibetur.
[PAPINIANUS, Responsa, Book 15] A defendant on a capital charge is not prohibited from reporting a case to the treasury while the accusation against him is pending.

Notes

  1. §48.2.21.prsuspenso crimine — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun crimen and the participle suspensus, meaning that the criminal charge or prosecution against the defendant remains undecided or pending.
  2. §48.2.21.prcausam fisco deferre — Meaning 'to report a case or lay information before the treasury (fiscus)'. In Roman law, this refers to informing the treasury about properties or matters that should accrue to it, a right which the defendant retains before a final conviction.

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