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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.4.10.pr

Principle on Imposing Obligations on Holders of Honors

Passage 8707 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents the principle that an obligation (munus) cannot be imposed on someone holding an honor (honor), whereas an honor can be conferred on someone bearing an obligation.

[MODESTINUS libro quinto differentiarum. ] §50.4.10.prHonorem sustinenti munus imponi non potest: munus sustinenti honor deferri potest.
[MODESTINUS, In the Fifth Book of Differences.] A duty cannot be imposed on one who is sustaining an honor; an honor can be conferred on one who is sustaining a duty.

Notes

  1. 50.4.10.prHonorem sustinenti — sustinenti is the dative singular of the present participle sustinens used substantively, serving as the dative complement of the passive infinitive imponi. honorem is the direct object (accusative) of this participle. The subsequent phrase munus sustinenti shares the same structure, where the neuter noun munus acts as the accusative object of the participle.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.4.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.4.10.pr

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