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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.185.pr

Definition and Components of an Equipped Shop

Passage 8999 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian defines the legal concept of an "equipped shop" as one that consists of both material resources and personnel prepared for conducting business.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §50.16.185.pr'Instructam' autem tabernam sic accipiemus, quae et rebus et hominibus ad negotiationem paratis constat.
[ULPIANUS, in the twenty-eighth book on the Edict.] Moreover, we shall understand an 'equipped' shop as one which consists of both things and men prepared for business.

Notes

  1. §50.16.185.prquae — The relative pronoun quae is in the feminine singular nominative, with its antecedent being tabernam in the main clause. In coordination with the adverb sic, it introduces a relative clause with a defining or restrictive nuance, meaning "such a shop as...".
  2. §50.16.185.prparatis — The ablative plural of the perfect participle paratus. It modifies two nouns of different genders: rebus (feminine ablative plural) and hominibus (masculine ablative plural). Since one of the modified elements refers to persons (hominibus), the participle takes the masculine plural form (here, the ablative paratis, which is homonymous for masculine and feminine).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.185.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.185.pr

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