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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.1.8.pr

Prohibition and Punishment of Insulting the Judge of First Instance

Passage 8472 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that an appellant must not abuse the judge from whom he appeals, otherwise he will face punishment, as laid down by the deified brothers in their rescript.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto de appellationibus. ] §49.1.8.prIllud sciendum est eum qui prouocauit non debere conuiciari ei a quo appellat: ceterum oportebit eum plecti.
[ULPIANUS, from the fourth book on appeals.] This should be known, that he who has appealed ought not to abuse the person from whom he appeals; otherwise, it will be necessary for him to be punished.
et ita diui fratres rescripserunt.
And the deified brothers so replied in a rescript.

Notes

  1. §49.1.8.prIllud sciendum est — illud is a neuter singular nominative pronoun anticipating the following accusative with infinitive clause (eum... non debere conuiciari...).
  2. §49.1.8.prceterum — Here ceterum functions as a conjunction meaning "otherwise" or "else," implying a negative conditional alternative.
  3. §49.1.8.prplecti — The present passive infinitive of plecto (to punish), forming the accusative with infinitive construction eum plecti which acts as the subject of the impersonal verb oportebit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.1.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.1.8.pr

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