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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.4.5.pr

Temporary Munera Exemption for Shipowners and Oil Merchants

Passage 8702 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that shipowners and olive oil merchants who have invested a large part of their patrimony in their business are granted an exemption from public burdens for a period of five years.

[SCAEUOLA libro primo regularum. ] §50.4.5.prNauicularii et mercatores olearii, qui magnam partem patrimonii ei rei contulerunt, intra quinquennium muneris publici uacationem habent.
[SCAEVOLA, In the First Book of Rules.] Shipowners and olive oil merchants, who have contributed a large part of their patrimony to that business, have an exemption from public burden within a period of five years.

Notes

  1. 50.4.5.prei rei — Dative. It refers to the business or enterprise carried on by the shipowners and olive oil merchants (i.e., shipping and olive oil trade).
  2. 50.4.5.printra quinquennium — Preposition `intra` (within) with an accusative noun. Here, it denotes the limited duration (a period of five years) for which the exemption is granted.
  3. 50.4.5.prmuneris publici — Genitive singular. It functions as an objective genitive modifying the noun `uacationem` (exemption), meaning "exemption from public burden."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.4.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.4.5.pr

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