The Office of Judge as a Public Duty

Notes

1. §5.1.78.prquippe iudicare munus publicum est — The conjunction quippe explains the reasoning behind the rule in the preceding section (77.pr) that a father and son can act as judges for each other in private matters. Because acting as a judge (iudicare, an infinitive functioning as the subject) is a "public duty" (munus publicum), it operates in the public sphere, transcending private domestic relations such as paternal power (patria potestas).