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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.200.pr

Indemnity Stipulations and Crimes with Capital Punishment

Passage 9014 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus discusses that the stipulation guaranteeing indemnity from liabilities does not apply to wrongful acts that involve public prosecution and capital punishment.

[IULIANUS libro secundo digestorum. ] §50.16.200.prHaec stipulatio 'noxis solutum praestari' non existimatur ad eas noxas pertinere, quae publicam exercitionem et coercitionem capitalem habent.
[JULIANUS in the second book of the Digests.] This stipulation 'that indemnity from damages be guaranteed' is not considered to extend to those damages which involve public prosecution and capital coercion.

Notes

  1. §50.16.200.prnoxis solutum praestari — noxis is the ablative plural of the noun noxa (damage, wrongful act), functioning as an ablative of separation governed by the participle solutus (released, freed). The combination of solutum and the present passive infinitive praestari (to be guaranteed, to be provided) means "to be guaranteed to be released (from liabilities for damages)". This entire phrase acts as an appositive explaining the content of the preceding noun stipulatio.
  2. §50.16.200.prpublicam exercitionem et coercitionem capitalem — exercitionem here refers to "public prosecution" or "public judicial proceeding" (derived from the exercise of public action). capitalem is the accusative singular of the adjective capitalis (relating to the head/life, capital), modifying coercitionem (coercion, punishment), indicating serious sanctions involving the loss of life or civil status.

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