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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.5.pr

Domicile of a Person Doing Business in Multiple Places

Passage 8648 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the domicile of a person who does business equally in multiple places, contrasting Labeo's negative view with the more correct view of others who admit multiple domiciles or inhabitancies.

[PAULUS libro quadragensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §50.1.5.prLabeo indicat eum, qui pluribus locis ex aequo negotietur, nusquam domicilium habere: quosdam autem dicere refert pluribus locis eum incolam esse aut domicilium habere: quod uerius est.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book 45] Labeo indicates that a person who does business equally in several places has a domicile nowhere; but he reports that some say that such a person is an inhabitant or has a domicile in several places, which is more correct.

Notes

  1. §50.1.5.prrefert — The 3rd person singular present indicative of the verb referre ('to report', 'to relate'). The subject is Labeo at the beginning of the sentence. It governs the accusative with infinitive construction 'quosdam... dicere' ('that some say'), which in turn governs another accusative with infinitive 'eum... incolam esse aut domicilium habere' ('that he is an inhabitant or has a domicile...').
  2. §50.1.5.prquod uerius est — The relative pronoun quod (neuter singular nominative) refers back to the entire clause or opinion reported by quosdam (that a person can have a domicile in multiple places). The author, Paulus, expresses his agreement with this latter view over Labeo's initial view by calling it 'more correct' (uerius).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.1.5.pr

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