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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.25.pr

Municipal Magistrates in One Office as a Single Person

Passage 8668 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that municipal magistrates acting together in a single office function as a single person, a status granted by municipal law or, in its absence, recognized by custom unless explicitly denied.

[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum praetoris. ] §50.1.25.prMagistratus municipales cum unum magistratum administrent, etiam unius hominis uicem sustinent.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict of the Praetor, Book I] Since municipal magistrates administer a single magistracy, they also sustain the role of a single person.
et hoc plerumque quidem lege municipali eis datur: uerum et si non sit datum, dummodo non denegatum, moribus competit.
And this is indeed generally granted to them by municipal law; but even if it has not been granted, as long as it has not been denied, it is competent by custom.

Notes

  1. §50.1.25.prunum magistratum ... unius hominis uicem — A contrastive expression where the plural subject (magistratus municipales) administers 'a single magistracy' and plays the role of 'a single person' (uicem), indicating that multiple collegial magistrates function collectively as a single legal entity.
  2. §50.1.25.prdummodo non denegatum — A conditional clause introduced by the restrictive conjunction dummodo, where the auxiliary verb sit is omitted; it should be understood as dummodo non denegatum [sit] (provided that it has not been denied).

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