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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.31.pr

Confiscation of Hostages' Property to the Treasury

Passage 8552 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

According to a rescript of the Emperor Commodus, the property of hostages must be confiscated into the treasury in the same manner as that of captives.

[IDEM libro quarto institutionum. ] §49.14.31.prDiuus Commodus rescripsit obsidum bona sicut captiuorum omnimodo in fiscum esse cogenda:
[THE SAME, Institutes, Book IV.] The Divine Commodus wrote back that the property of hostages, just like that of captives, must in every way be collected into the treasury:

Notes

  1. §49.14.31.prcaptiuorum — The genitive plural captiuorum (of captives) stands in ellipsis; the noun bona (property) is understood from the preceding clause to complete the comparison introduced by sicut ('just like [the property] of captives').
  2. §49.14.31.presse cogenda — A passive periphrastic infinitive consisting of the gerundive cogenda (neuter plural agreeing with the accusative subject bona) and esse. Used in the accusative and infinitive construction after rescripsit to express obligation or necessity ('must be collected').

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