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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.24.pr

Punishment of Informer and Mandator upon Failure of Proof

Passage 8545 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that if the informer fails to prove the case, both the informer and the mandator are punished, and the informer is required to produce the mandator.

[MARCIANUS libro singulari de delatoribus. ] §49.14.24.prNon tantum delator punitur, si non probauerit, sed et mandator: quem exhibere debet delator.
[MARCIANUS, Single Book on Informers.] Not only is the informer punished if he does not prove his case, but also the mandator, whom the informer must produce.

Notes

  1. §49.14.24.prprobauerit — Third-person singular future perfect indicative. In the conditional clause, it expresses a completed action in the future. Although transitive, meaning 'to prove (the accusation/case)', its object is omitted as it is clear from the context.
  2. §49.14.24.prexhibere debet — The verb 'exhibere' in a legal context means 'to produce' or 'to bring forward' a person or object physically before the court or authorities. Here, it refers to the informer's obligation to present the mandator who authorized the accusation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.14.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.14.24.pr

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