[IDEM libro sexto ad edictum. ] §5.1.6.prCaecus iudicandi officio fungitur.
[THE SAME in the sixth book on the Edict.] A blind man performs the office of judging.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.6.pr
Capacity of a Blind Person to Act as Judge
Summary
Briefly states that a blind person is capable of performing the office of judging.
Notes
- 5.1.6.profficio fungitur — The verb fungor (to perform) governs the ablative case, which is why its grammatical object officium appears in the ablative form officio. The indicative present fungitur here denotes a general legal capacity or qualification (i.e., 'can perform').
- 5.1.6.priudicandi — The genitive singular of the gerund of the verb iudicare (to judge), functioning as a genitive of description or objective genitive modifying officio (office, duty).
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.1.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.6.pr
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