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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.5.6.pr

Exemption from Extraordinary Duties for Immune Persons

Passage 8721 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section establishes that individuals who possess an exemption from public duties are generally not required to perform extraordinary or temporary tasks imposed outside the regular course.

[PAPINIANUS libro secundo quaestionum. ] §50.5.6.prHi, qui muneris publici uacationem habent, ad ea, quae extra ordinem imperantur, compelli non solent.
[By PAPINIANUS, in the second book of Questions.] Those who have an exemption from public duty are not usually compelled to perform those tasks which are ordered out of course.

Notes

  1. §50.5.6.prmuneris publici — A genitive governed by the noun uacatio (exemption), functioning as an objective genitive (exemption from public duty).
  2. §50.5.6.prextra ordinem — A prepositional phrase meaning "outside of the regular order," referring to extraordinary or temporary requisitions imposed outside the standard system of civic duties.
  3. §50.5.6.prcompelli non solent — The verb solent (they are accustomed) combined with the passive infinitive compelli (to be compelled), indicating a standard legal custom or general rule.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.5.6.pr

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