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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.5.7.pr

Permanent Exemption of Veterans from Non-Property Duties

Passage 8722 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus states that, following a letter from the Emperor Severus, veterans are permanently exempt from public duties that are not levied on property.

[IDEM libro trigensimo sexto quaestionum. ] §50.5.7.prA muneribus, quae non patrimoniis indicuntur, ueterani post optimi nostri Seueri Augusti litteras perpetuo excusantur.
[By THE SAME, in the thirty-sixth book of Questions.] From those duties which are not imposed upon estates, veterans are perpetually excused after the letter of our most excellent Emperor Severus Augustus.

Notes

  1. §50.5.7.prpatrimoniis — Dative plural acting as the indirect object of the verb indicuntur (from indico). It refers to duties 'imposed on estates/patrimonies', distinguishing property-related duties (munera patrimonii) from personal or physical duties (munera personalia/corporalia).
  2. §50.5.7.prlitteras — Literally 'letters' (accusative plural), but in this legal context it refers to the official imperial rescript or epistle (epistula) issued by the Emperor Septimius Severus.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.5.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.5.7.pr

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