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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.32.pr

Replacement of a Judge and Renewal of Trial Time Limits

Passage 913 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains the rule that if a judge assigned a certain time limit dies and a successor is appointed, the same amount of time is understood to be granted anew to the successor even without explicit mention, provided it does not exceed the legal limit.

[ULPIANUS libro primo de officio consulis. ] §5.1.32.prSi iudex, cui certa tempora praestita erant, decesserit et alius in locum eius datus fuerit, tanta ex integro tempora in persona eius praestituta intellegemus, quamuis magistratus nominatim hoc in sequentis datione non expresserit: ita tamen ut legitimum tempus non excedat.
[ULPIAN, on the Office of Consul, Book I.] If a judge, to whom certain periods of time had been granted, should die and another be appointed in his place, we shall understand that the same amount of time is granted anew in respect of his person, even though the magistrate did not expressly state this in the appointment of the successor; provided, however, that it does not exceed the legal limit.

Notes

  1. §5.1.32.prtanta ex integro tempora in persona eius praestituta intellegemus — The main verb `intellegemus` governs an accusative and infinitive construction with the accusative subject `tanta... tempora` and the participle `praestituta` (with the copula `esse` omitted). `tanta` implies an equivalent amount of time compared to the period previously assigned to the deceased judge.
  2. §5.1.32.prita tamen ut legitimum tempus non excedat — The construction `ita tamen ut` introduces a restrictive clause of proviso ('provided, however, that'), taking the subjunctive `excedat` (present active third-person singular).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.1.32.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.32.pr

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