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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.228.pr

Definition of Municipians and Native Inhabitants

Passage 9042 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It defines the term 'municipes,' stating that it should be understood to also include those who were born in that same municipium.

[IDEM libro singulari de cognitionibus. ] §50.16.228.pr'Municipes' intellegendi sunt et qui in eodem municipio nati sunt.
[THE SAME, in the single book on Extraordinary Proceedings.] 'Municipes' are to be understood to include also those who were born in the same municipium.

Notes

  1. §50.16.228.printellegendi sunt — The gerundive *intellegendi* with *sunt* forms a passive periphrastic conjugation, expressing necessity or propriety ('are to be understood' or 'must be understood'), with the subject being the term 'Municipes'.
  2. §50.16.228.pret qui in eodem municipio nati sunt — The conjunction *et* is used adverbially here to mean 'also' or 'even', modifying the relative clause 'qui... nati sunt' (those who were born...). This emphasizes that native-born individuals are also included under the term *municipes*, alongside those who qualify by other means.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.228.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.228.pr

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