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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.7.8.pr

Fines and Infamy for Unauthorized Seizure of Property

Passage 8239 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus explains that a creditor who occupies a debtor's property without judicial authority is liable under the Julian law on force, facing a fine of one-third of their property and infamy.

[MODESTINUS libro secundo de poenis. ] §48.7.8.prSi creditor sine auctoritate iudicis res debitoris occupet, hac lege tenetur et tertia parte bonorum multatur et infamis fit.
[MODESTINUS, On Punishments, Book 2] If a creditor should occupy the property of a debtor without the authority of a judge, he is liable under this law, and is fined a third part of his goods, and becomes infamous.

Notes

  1. §48.7.8.prhac lege — The demonstrative 'hac' (this) refers to the Lex Iulia de vi (Julian law on force), which is the subject of Title 7 of Book 48 of the Digest where this fragment is situated.
  2. §48.7.8.prtertia parte bonorum multatur — The phrase 'tertia parte' is an ablative of price or penalty. 'multatur' is the third-person singular passive of 'multare' (to fine), which takes an ablative to indicate the amount of the fine.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.7.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.7.8.pr

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