[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo primo ad edictum. ] §50.16.33.pr'Palam' est coram pluribus.
[ULPIANUS, in the twenty-first book on the Edict.] 'Openly' means in the presence of several people.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.33.pr
Definition of the Term Openly as in the Sight of Many
Summary
Ulpian's definition of the term 'palam' (openly), explaining that it means in the presence of several people.
Notes
- §50.16.33.prPalam — The adverb "palam" (openly, publicly) is used substantively as the subject of the sentence, connected via the copula "est" to the prepositional phrase "coram pluribus" acting as the predicate.
- §50.16.33.prpluribus — Ablative plural of "plus" (the comparative of "multus"), serving as the object of the preposition "coram" (in the presence of) which governs the ablative. Here, rather than a strict comparative sense ("more"), it functions as a legal concept denoting "several" or "a plurality of persons" as opposed to a single individual.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.33.pr
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