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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.6.8.pr

Public Violence in Detaining or Hindering an Accused Person

Passage 8227 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

An extract from Book 5 of Maecianus' On Public Prosecutions, which states that under the Julian law on public violence, it is forbidden to bind or hinder an accused person from appearing in Rome within a specified time.

[MAECIANUS libro quinto publicorum. ] §48.6.8.prLege Iulia de ui publica cauetur, ne quis reum uinciat impediatue, quo minus Romae intra certum tempus adsit.
[MAECIANUS, On Public Prosecutions, Book 5] It is provided by the Julian law on public violence that no one shall bind or impede an accused person, so as to prevent him from appearing in Rome within a fixed period.

Notes

  1. §48.6.8.prquo minus ... adsit — A clause with the subjunctive introduced by quo minus following the verb of hindering (impediat), expressing 'preventing [the accused] from being present [in Rome within a certain time]'.
  2. §48.6.8.prcauetur, ne — The impersonal passive cauetur ('it is provided') is followed by a ne clause containing a prohibition. The phrase ne quis ('that no one') is a standard formula in legal texts to introduce a general prohibition.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.6.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.6.8.pr

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