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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.7.4.pr-48.7.4.1

Preventing Court Appearance and Torturing Another's Slave

Passage 8235 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that organizing a crowd to prevent someone from appearing in court, or subjecting another's slave to torture, constitutes the crime of private violence, and notes Labeo's view on the more moderate application of the edict on injuries.

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §48.7.4.prLegis Iuliae de ui priuata crimen committitur, cum coetum aliquis et concursum fecisse dicitur, quo minus quis in ius produceretur.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, Book 55] The crime under the Lex Iulia on private violence is committed when someone is said to have organized a gathering and a crowd, so that someone would not be produced in court.
§48.7.4.1Et si quis quaestionem de alterius seruo habuisset: et ideo moderatius edicto praetoris de iniuriis utendum esse Labeo ait.
Also if anyone has conducted an examination under torture of another's slave: and therefore Labeo says that the praetor's edict on injuries should be used more moderately.

Notes

  1. §48.7.4.prquo minus — A conjunction introducing a clause of purpose or result ("lest" or "so that ... not") following verbs or contexts of hindrance or prevention. Here it expresses the purpose of preventing someone from being produced in court (in ius produceretur).
  2. §48.7.4.1Et si quis quaestionem de alterius seruo habuisset — The main clause corresponding to this conditional clause (si... habuisset) is omitted. By supplying "the crime is committed" (crimen committitur) from the preceding section, it indicates that subjecting another's slave to torture also falls under this crime.
  3. §48.7.4.1edicto praetoris de iniuriis utendum esse — The gerundive phrase 'utendum esse' is used impersonally and governs the ablative case (edicto). It expresses Labeo's opinion that the praetor's edict on injuries 'ought to be used' (more moderately).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.7.4.pr-48.7.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.7.4.pr-48.7.4.1

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