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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.13.4.pr

Rescript Granting Law Students the Right to Claim Salaries

Passage 8801 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states a rescript of the Divine Antoninus Pius, ruling that law students who had petitioned for salaries are entitled to demand them.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad Plautium. ] §50.13.4.prDiuus Antoninus Pius rescripsit iuris studiosos, qui salaria petebant, haec exigere posse.
[PAULUS, in the fourth book on Plautius.] The Divine Antoninus Pius wrote in a rescript that students of law, who were claiming salaries, could demand them.

Notes

  1. §50.13.4.prrescripsit ... posse — The verb rescripsit introduces an accusative and infinitive (ACI) construction, with iuris studiosos as the subject accusative and posse as the infinitive.
  2. §50.13.4.prhaec — The neuter plural accusative of the demonstrative pronoun hic, serving as the direct object of the transitive verb exigere (to demand/claim). It refers back to salaria (salaries, neuter plural) mentioned in the relative clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.13.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.13.4.pr

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