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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.37.pr

Prior Examination of Violence over Ownership

Passage 918 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment records Emperor Hadrian's rescript in Greek to the Thessalian commonwealth, stating that in disputes concerning violence and possession, the issue of violence must be investigated before that of ownership.

[IDEM libro quinto cognitionum. ] §5.1.37.prSi de ui et possessione quaeratur, prius cognoscendum de ui quam de proprietate rei diuus Hadrianus τῷ κοινῷ τῶν Θεσσάλων Graece rescripsit.
[THE SAME, Extraordinary Proceedings, Book V.] The Divine Hadrian replied in Greek to the commonwealth of the Thessalians that if a question is raised concerning violence and possession, the matter of violence must be investigated before that of the ownership of the property.

Notes

  1. §5.1.37.prcognoscendum — An accusative with infinitive clause representing indirect speech depending on the main verb rescripsit, with the copula esse omitted. It expresses an impersonal passive obligation ('that investigation must be made').
  2. §5.1.37.prτῷ κοινῷ τῶν Θεσσάλων — A Greek dative phrase referring to the league or commonwealth (koinon) of the Thessalians, functioning as the indirect object of the Latin verb rescripsit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.1.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.37.pr

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