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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.6.9.pr

Definition of Being Armed and Objects of Harm in Violence

Passage 8228 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the definition of "armed," stating that it includes not only those possessing weapons but also anyone who has other means of causing harm.

[PAULUS libro septimo ad edictum. ] §48.6.9.prArmatos non utique eos intellegere debemus, qui tela habuerunt, sed etiam quid aliud nocere potest.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, Book 7] We ought to understand as "armed" not only those who possessed weapons, but also anyone who has anything else that can cause harm.

Notes

  1. §48.6.9.prArmatos — Serves as a predicate accusative (or objective complement) with the verb `intellegere`, meaning "as armed."
  2. §48.6.9.prquid aliud nocere potest — This clause stands in parallel and contrast to `qui tela habuerunt`. `quid` is used here like the indefinite pronoun `aliquid`, and the phrase is understood elliptically as "anyone who possesses something else that can cause harm."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.6.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.6.9.pr

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