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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.18.pr

Intervals Between Civic Burdens and the Ban on Continuous Office

Passage 8661 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The Divine Severus ruled that the intervals of time required between undertakings of public burdens are for the benefit of those who do not wish to serve, not those who volunteer, provided that no one violates the prohibition against holding public office continuously.

[PAULUS libro primo quaestionum. ] §50.1.18.prDiuus Seuerus rescripsit interualla temporum in continuandis oneribus inuitis, non etiam uolentibus concessa, dum ne quis continuet honorem.
[PAULUS, Questions, Book I] The Divine Severus replied by rescript that intervals of time in continuing public burdens are granted to those who are unwilling, but not also to those who are willing, provided that no one continues a public office.

Notes

  1. §50.1.18.prconcessa — This is the perfect passive infinitive concessa [esse], agreeing with the accusative neuter plural subject interualla temporum, forming an accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) construction dependent on the main verb rescripsit.
  2. §50.1.18.prdum ne — A conjunctive phrase introducing a restrictive clause ('provided that', 'so long as... not') accompanied by the present subjunctive continuet. It establishes a restriction that even for volunteers (uolentibus), the continuous holding of a public office (honorem) is prohibited.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.1.18.pr

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