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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.3.11.pr-48.3.11.1

Jurisdiction over Detainees and Remand to Home Provinces

Passage 8160 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment clarifies that the authority to try a detainee belongs to the governor of the province where the proceedings take place, and notes the practice of returning the individual to their home province with a report after a decision is made.

[CELSUS libro trigensimo septimo digestorum. ] §48.3.11.prNon est dubium, quin, cuiuscumque est prouinciae homo, qui ex custodia producitur, cognoscere debeat is, qui ei prouinciae praeest, in qua prouincia agitur. §48.3.11.1Illud a quibusdam obseruari solet, ut, cum cognouit et constituit, remittat illum cum elogio ad eum, qui prouinciae praeest, unde is homo est: quod ex causa faciendum est.
[CELSUS, Digest, book 37.]\n\nThere is no doubt that, whatever province the person who is brought out of custody belongs to, the person who presides over that province in which the proceedings are conducted must investigate the case.\n\nIt is customary with some to observe this rule: that when he has investigated and decided, he should send him back with a report to the person who presides over the province from which that person comes; which must be done for good reason.

Notes

  1. §48.3.11.prcuiuscumque est prouinciae — Inside the clause introduced by the conjunction quin (where the main verb is debeat), the phrase cuiuscumque est prouinciae homo (of whatever province the man is) is inserted, using the genitive of belonging with est.
  2. §48.3.11.1Illud ... ut ... remittat — Illud (that) is a proleptic pronoun that points forward to the content of the following ut clause (a noun clause with remittat as its verb).
  3. §48.3.11.1cum cognouit et constituit — The temporal conjunction cum followed by the indicative perfect (cognouit and constituit) expresses a generalized temporal or conditional relation ('whenever he has investigated and decided') prior to the action of the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.3.11.pr-48.3.11.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.3.11.pr-48.3.11.1

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