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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.197.pr

Definitions of Having Informed and Having Charged

Passage 9011 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian's definition of two legal terms: 'to have informed' (indicasse) and 'to have charged' (arguisse).

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.197.pr'Indicasse' est detulisse: 'arguisse' accusasse et conuicisse.
[ULPIAN in the fiftieth book on the Edict.] 'To have informed' is to have reported; 'to have charged' is to have accused and convicted.

Notes

  1. §50.16.197.prIndicasse — A syncopated form of indicavisse, perfect active infinitive. In legal Latin, the perfect infinitive is often used substantively to denote a completed action based on past facts.
  2. §50.16.197.prarguisse — The perfect active infinitive of arguere (to argue, accuse, or prove). Here it is used in the sense of 'proving guilty' or 'refuting', which is defined by the following accusasse et conuicisse (to have accused and convicted).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.197.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.197.pr

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