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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.5.6.pr

Preservation of Status Quo and Judge's Duty to Report Appeal Refusal

Passage 8507 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the rule that status quo must be maintained and no innovation made when an appeal is rejected, even against the treasury, and details the judge's duty to report the refusal and provide a copy to the litigant.

[MACER libro secundo de appellationibus. ] §49.5.6.prSciendum est, cum appellatio non recipitur, praecipi sacris constitutionibus omnia in eodem statu esse nec quicquam nouari, etiamsi contra fiscum appellatum sit: eumque, qui appellationem non receperit, opinionem suam confestim per relationem manifestare et causam, pro qua non recepit appellationem, eiusque exemplum litigatori edere debere mandatis cauetur.
[MACER, On Appeals, Book 2] It must be known that, when an appeal is not received, it is ordained by the sacred constitutions that everything remain in the same state and nothing be innovated, even if the appeal has been made against the treasury; and it is provided in the mandates that he who did not receive the appeal must immediately clarify his opinion through a report, and deliver to the litigant the reason for which he did not receive the appeal, and a copy thereof.

Notes

  1. §49.5.6.prpraecipi — This is the infinitive of the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction following the impersonal expression `sciendum est` ("it must be known"). In turn, `praecipi` ("to be ordained") governs `omnia ... esse` and `nec quicquam nouari` as its subject accusative and infinitive clauses.
  2. §49.5.6.preumque ... debere mandatis cauetur — `cauetur` ("it is provided/ordered") is an impersonal passive verb that takes the accusative with infinitive (AcI) clause `eum ... debere` ("that he must") as its subject. `eum` is modified by the relative clause `qui appellationem non receperit`, and `debere` governs two complementary infinitives: `manifestare` and `edere`. `eius` refers back to `relationem` ("report").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.5.6.pr

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