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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.9.10.pr

Admissibility of Parricide Accusations at Any Time

Passage 8266 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that the accusation against those who can be liable to the penalty for parricide is always permitted without time restrictions.

[PAULUS libro singulari de poenis omnium legum. ] §48.9.10.prEorum, qui parricidii poena teneri possunt, semper accusatio permittitur.
[PAULUS, On the Punishments of All Laws, Single Book] The accusation of those who can be held liable under the penalty for parricide is always permitted.

Notes

  1. §48.9.10.preorum — Objective genitive modifying the noun "accusatio" (accusation), functioning as "the accusation of (against) them."
  2. §48.9.10.prparricidii poena teneri — Literally "to be bound (teneri, passive infinitive) by the penalty (poena, ablative) of parricide (parricidii, genitive)," meaning "to be liable to the penalty for parricide."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.9.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.9.10.pr

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