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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.7.5.pr

Eviction by Unarmed Crowds and Private Violence

Passage 8236 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states that if someone expels another from their land by gathering unarmed men, they can be prosecuted for private violence.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo nono ad edictum. ] §48.7.5.prSi quis aliquem deiecit ex agro suo hominibus congregatis sine armis, uis priuatae postulari possit.
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, Book 69] If anyone has expelled someone from his land, having gathered men without arms, he can be prosecuted for private violence.

Notes

  1. §48.7.5.pruis priuatae — A genitive of charge (genitivus criminis) functioning as the complement of the verb of accusation `postulari` (passive infinitive of `postulo`).
  2. §48.7.5.prhominibus congregatis — An ablative absolute, expressing here the means or attendant circumstance of the action.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.7.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.7.5.pr

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