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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.5.10.pr-50.5.10.4

Limits of Privileges on Property Duties and Specific Exemptions

Passage 8725 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text outlines the limitations on privileges regarding property-based burdens, and specifies the various exemptions granted to grain measurers, soldiers, professors of liberal arts, and public defenders, noting that exemptions are revoked if resources increase after an appeal.

[IDEM libro primo sententiarum. ] §50.5.10.prAb his oneribus, quae possessionibus uel patrimonio indicuntur, nulla priuilegia praestant uacationem.
[BY THE SAME, in the first book of Opinions.] No privileges grant an exemption from those burdens which are imposed on estates or patrimony.
§50.5.10.1Corpus mensurarum frumenti iuxta annonam urbis habet uacationem: in prouinciis non idem.
The guild of grain measurers connected with the grain supply of the City has an exemption; in the provinces, the same does not apply.
§50.5.10.2Angariorum praestatio et recipiendi hospitis necessitas et militi et liberalium artium professoribus inter cetera remissa sunt.
The provision of transport animals and the necessity of quartering guests are, among other things, remitted both for soldiers and for professors of the liberal arts.
§50.5.10.3Auctis post appellationem medio tempore facultatibus paupertatis optentu non excusantur.
If their resources have increased in the intervening period after an appeal, they are not excused under the pretext of poverty.
§50.5.10.4Defensores rei publicae ab honoribus et muneribus eodem tempore uacant.
Defenders of the public interest are exempt from public offices and duties during the same period.

Notes

  1. §50.5.10.prpossessionibus uel patrimonio — Dative of indirect object governed by the compound verb indicuntur (in + dicere), indicating the objects upon which the burdens are imposed.
  2. §50.5.10.1iuxta annonam urbis — The preposition iuxta here does not express spatial proximity ('near'), but rather relation or employment, meaning 'in connection with' or 'serving' the grain supply.
  3. §50.5.10.2recipiendi hospitis — Gerundive construction in the genitive modifying the noun necessitas, expressing the active meaning of 'receiving a guest'.
  4. §50.5.10.3Auctis ... facultatibus — Ablative absolute construction, functioning as a conditional clause ('if their resources have increased') modifying the main verb non excusantur.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.5.10.pr-50.5.10.4. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.5.10.pr-50.5.10.4

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