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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.5.4.pr

Prohibition of Appeals to Delay Cases for Imperial Rescripts

Passage 8505 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a party's request to delay a trial on the pretext of waiting for an imperial rescript is rejected, and any appeal based on this ground is forbidden by imperial constitutions.

[MACER libro primo de appellationibus. ] §49.5.4.prEius, qui ideo causam agere frustratur, quod dicit se libellum principi dedisse et sacrum rescriptum expectare, audiri desiderium prohibetur: et si ob eam causam prouocauerit, appellatio eius recipi sacris constitutionibus uetatur.
[MACER, On Appeals, Book 1] The request of a person to be heard is prohibited, if he evades pleading his case on the ground that he says he has presented a petition to the Emperor and is waiting for a sacred rescript; and if he appeals for that reason, his appeal is forbidden to be accepted by the sacred constitutions.

Notes

  1. §49.5.4.prEius, qui ideo causam agere frustratur ... audiri desiderium prohibetur — The framework of the main clause is "eius ... desiderium prohibetur" (the request of him is prohibited), where "eius" is the genitive modifier of "desiderium" and also serves as the antecedent of the relative pronoun "qui". "audiri" (to be heard) is a passive infinitive complementing "desiderium". "frustratur" is the present indicative of the deponent verb "frustror" (to delay, evade).
  2. §49.5.4.prdicit se libellum principi dedisse et sacrum rescriptum expectare — An accusative-with-infinitive (A.C.I.) construction introduced by "dicit", where the reflexive pronoun "se" is the subject of the infinitives, governing the perfect active infinitive "dedisse" and the present active infinitive "expectare" in coordination.
  3. §49.5.4.prsacris constitutionibus — Ablative of means/cause or agent modifying the passive verb "uetatur" (is forbidden). "constitutiones" refers to imperial constitutions (enactments).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.5.4.pr

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