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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.22.9.pr

Governor's Authority to Order House Arrest

Passage 8448 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the governor's authority to sentence an individual to house arrest, forbidding them to leave their home.

[ULPIANUS libro decimo de officio proconsulis. ] §48.22.9.prPotest praeses quendam damnare, ne domo sua procedat:
[ULPIAN, On the Office of Proconsul, Book X] A governor can sentence someone not to leave his home:

Notes

  1. §48.22.9.prne domo sua procedat — A clause introduced by `ne` with the subjunctive present (`procedat`), specifying the penalty imposed by the verb `damnare`. `domo sua` is an ablative of separation/origin without a preposition, meaning "from his own home" (the noun `domus` regularly dispenses with a preposition in this function).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.22.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.22.9.pr

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