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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.10.pr

Immunity of Jurists Giving Opinions against the Treasury

Passage 8531 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author expresses the view that a jurist does not commit any offense or wrongdoing by readily giving a legal opinion against the interests of the treasury in doubtful legal questions.

[IDEM libro singulari de praescriptionibus. ] §49.14.10.prNon puto delinquere eum, qui in dubiis quaestionibus contra fiscum facile responderit.
[THE SAME, in his single book on Prescriptions.] I do not think that he commits an offense who readily gives an opinion against the treasury in doubtful questions.

Notes

  1. §49.14.10.prdelinquere eum — An accusative with infinitive construction serving as the object of the verb puto, where eum is the subject accusative and delinquere is the infinitive. Eum also acts as the antecedent of the relative pronoun qui.
  2. §49.14.10.prresponderit — The verb in the relative clause, either in the future perfect indicative or perfect subjunctive, representing a general hypothetical condition ('one who has given an opinion'). In this context, it refers to a jurist rendering a legal opinion (responsum).

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