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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.4.9.pr

Compelling Municipal Magistrates to Assume Assigned Duties

Passage 8706 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that if a municipal magistrate refuses to perform an assigned duty, they must be compelled through provincial governors using the same legal remedies applicable to guardians.

[IDEM libro tertio de officio consulis. ] §50.4.9.prSi quis magistratus in municipio creatus munere iniuncto fungi detrectet, per praesides munus adgnoscere cogendus est remediis, quibus tutores quoque solent cogi ad munus quod iniunctum est adgnoscendum.
[THE SAME, In the Third Book on the Office of Consul.] If any magistrate elected in a municipality should refuse to perform an imposed duty, he must be compelled through the governors to accept the duty, by the same remedies by which guardians also are accustomed to be compelled to accept the duty which has been imposed.

Notes

  1. 50.4.9.prmunere iniuncto fungi — The phrase *munere iniuncto* is in the ablative case because it serves as the object of the deponent verb *fungi* (to perform/discharge), which governs the ablative.
  2. 50.4.9.prad munus quod iniunctum est adgnoscendum — The preposition *ad* followed by the noun *munus* (with its relative clause *quod iniunctum est*) and the agreeing gerundive *adgnoscendum* in the accusative case expresses purpose ('to accept the duty').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.4.9.pr

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