[PAPINIANUS libro primo responsorum. ] §50.1.17.prLibertus propter patronum a ciuilibus muneribus non excusatur, nec ad rem pertinet, an operas patrono uel ministerium capto luminibus exhibeat.
[PAPINIANUS, Opinions, Book I] A freedman is not excused from civil duties on account of his patron; nor does it matter whether he performs services for his patron or ministers to one who has lost his sight.
§50.1.17.1Liberti uero senatorum, qui negotia patronorum gerunt, a tutela decreto patrum excusantur.
But the freedmen of senators who manage the affairs of their patrons are excused from guardianship by a decree of the senate.
§50.1.17.2Filium pater decurionem esse uoluit: ante filium ex persona sua res publica debet conuenire quam patrem ex persona filii.
If a father wished his son to be a decurion, the municipality ought to proceed against the son in his own person before it proceeds against the father in the person of the son.
nec ad rem pertinebit, an filius castrense peculium tantum possideat, cum ante militasset uel postea.
Nor will it matter whether the son possesses only camp peculium, whether he served in the army before or afterwards.
§50.1.17.3Praescriptio temporum, quae in honoribus repetundis uel aliis suscipiendis data est, apud eosdem seruatur, non apud alios.
The prescription of time which is granted for seeking public offices again or undertaking other duties is observed among the same persons, not among others.
§50.1.17.4Sed eodem tempore non sunt honores in duabus ciuitatibus ab eodem gerendi: cum simul igitur utrubique deferuntur, potior est originis causa.
But public offices are not to be held by the same person in two municipalities at the same time; therefore, when they are offered at both places at the same time, the claim of origin is preferable.
§50.1.17.5Sola ratio possessionis ciuilibus possessori muneribus iniungendis citra priuilegium specialiter ciuitati datum idonea non est.
The mere reason of possession is not sufficient for imposing civil duties on a possessor, without a privilege specially granted to the municipality.
§50.1.17.6Postliminio regressi patriae muneribus obtemperare coguntur, quamuis in alienae ciuitatis finibus consistant.
Those who have returned by postliminium are compelled to comply with the duties of their fatherland, even though they reside within the boundaries of another municipality.
§50.1.17.7Exigendi tributi munus inter sordida munera non habetur et ideo decurionibus quoque mandatur.
The duty of collecting tax is not considered among sordid duties, and therefore it is also assigned to decurions.
§50.1.17.8Ex causa fideicommissi manumissus in muneribus ciuilibus manumissoris originem sequitur, non eius qui libertatem reliquit.
A person manumitted pursuant to a fideicommissum follows the origin of the manumitter with respect to civil duties, not that of the person who left the freedom.
§50.1.17.9In adoptiua familia susceptum exemplo dati muneribus ciuilibus apud originem aui quoque naturalis respondere diuo Pio placuit, quamuis in isto fraudis nec suspicio quidem interueniret.
The Divine Pius decided that a person received into an adoptive family, after the example of one given in adoption, must also answer to civil duties at the place of origin of his natural grandfather, even though there is not even a suspicion of fraud in his case.
§50.1.17.10Error eius, qui se municipem aut colonum existimans munera ciuilia suscepturum promisit, defensionem iuris non excludit.
The error of one who, thinking himself to be a citizen of a municipality or a colony, promised to undertake civil duties, does not exclude a legal defense.
§50.1.17.11Patris domicilium filium aliorum incolam ciuilibus muneribus alienae ciuitatis non adstringit, cum in patris quoque persona domicilii ratio temporaria sit.
The domicile of a father does not bind a son who is an inhabitant of another place to the civil duties of a foreign municipality, since even in the person of the father the reason of domicile is temporary.
§50.1.17.12In quaestionibus nominatos capitalium criminum ad nouos honores ante causam finitam admitti non oportet: ceterum pristinam interim dignitatem retinent.
Persons named in inquiries concerning capital crimes ought not to be admitted to new public offices before the case is finished; however, they retain their former dignity in the meantime.
§50.1.17.13Sola domus possessio, quae in aliena ciuitate comparatur, domicilium non facit.
The mere possession of a house, which is acquired in another municipality, does not establish a domicile.
§50.1.17.14Nominati successoris periculum fideiussorem nominantis non tenet.
The risk of a named successor does not bind the surety of the person who names him.
§50.1.17.15Fideiussores, qui saluam rem publicam fore responderunt, et qui magistratus suo periculo nominant poenalibus actionibus non adstringuntur, in quas inciderunt hi, pro quibus interuenerunt: eos enim damnum rei publicae praestare satis est quod promitti uidetur.
Sureties who have answered that the public property will be safe, and those who name magistrates at their own risk, are not bound by penal actions into which those for whom they intervened have fallen; for it is sufficient for them to make good the damage to the public property, which is what they are deemed to promise.