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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.18.2.pr-49.18.2.1

Veterans' Exemptions and General Tax Liability

Passage 8640 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that the privileges of honorably discharged veterans are not lost by voluntary public service, and that they remain liable for general taxes.

[ULPIANUS libro tertio opinionum. ] §49.18.2.prHoneste sacramento solutis data immunitas etiam in eis ciuitatibus, apud quas incolae sunt, ualet: nec labefactatur, si quis eorum uoluntate sua honorem aut munus susceperit.
[ULPIAN in his third book of Opinions.] The immunity granted to those who have been honorably discharged from military service is valid even in those cities where they are residents; nor is it undermined if any of them, of his own free will, undertakes an honor or a public duty.
§49.18.2.1Uectigalia et patrimoniorum onera sollemnia omnes sustinere oportet.
Everyone must bear taxes and the customary burdens on patrimony.

Notes

  1. §49.18.2.prsacramento solutis — Meaning "those released (solutis) from the military oath (sacramento)". It is an idiomatic expression for honorable discharge from military service, functioning as a dative of indirect object governed by data.
  2. §49.18.2.princolae — A technical term in Roman law, referring to "residents" (incolae) who have established a domicile (domicilium) in a city other than their city of origin (origo).
  3. §49.18.2.1vectigalia et patrimoniorum onera sollemnia — Accusative noun phrase functioning as the object of the infinitive sustinere. It refers to general and customary public taxes and duties to which the privileges (immunities) of veterans do not extend.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.18.2.pr-49.18.2.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.18.2.pr-49.18.2.1

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