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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.24.3.pr

Surrender of Executed Persons' Bodies to Anyone Requesting Burial

Passage 8464 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that the bodies of executed persons must be given for burial to anyone who requests them.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §48.24.3.prCorpora animaduersorum quibuslibet petentibus ad sepulturam danda sunt.
[PAULUS, from his First Book of Opinions.] The bodies of those who have been executed must be given for burial to anyone who requests them.

Notes

  1. §48.24.3.pranimaduersorum — The verb animaduertere (or animadvertere), which originally means "to turn one's mind to" or "notice," is frequently used in legal contexts in the sense of "to punish," specifically "to execute." Here, the genitive plural of the perfect passive participle functions as a noun meaning "of those who have been executed."
  2. §48.24.3.prquibuslibet petentibus — The dative plural form quibuslibet of the indefinite pronoun quilibet (anyone, anything) modifies the present participle petentibus. Together, they function as the dative of indirect object with danda sunt ("must be given to").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.24.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.24.3.pr

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