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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.8.13.pr

Penalties for Evil Sacrifices and Magical Objects

Passage 8252 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is established by a decree of the Senate that anyone who performs or possesses evil sacrifices shall be condemned to the penalty of the Lex Cornelia.

[IDEM libro duodecimo pandectarum. ] §48.8.13.prEx senatus consulto eius legis poena damnari iubetur, qui mala sacrificia fecerit habuerit.
[THE SAME AUTHOR, Pandects, Book 12] By a decree of the Senate, anyone who has performed or possessed evil sacrifices is ordered to be condemned to the penalty of that law.

Notes

  1. §48.8.13.preius legis poena — The ablative 'poena' (penalty) functions with the passive infinitive 'damnari' (to be condemned) to indicate the punishment to which one is sentenced. The genitive 'eius legis' (of that law) refers back to the Lex Cornelia mentioned in the preceding fragment 12.
  2. §48.8.13.prfecerit habuerit — An instance of asyndeton (omission of conjunctions), typical of legal style, presenting alternative or cumulative actions ('has performed or possessed'). Both verbs are in the future perfect (or perfect subjunctive) and share 'mala sacrificia' as their direct object.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.8.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.8.13.pr

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