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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.7.2.pr-50.7.2.2

Envoys' Petitions, Excuses for Delay, and Individual Duty

Passage 8738 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It addresses whether an envoy can make a petition against his own state via an intermediary, the obligation to justify any abandonment or delay of an embassy to the local council, and the rule that one envoy's neglect does not affect another.

[IDEM libro secundo opinionum. ] §50.7.2.prLegatus contra rem publicam, cuius legatus est, per alium a principe quid postulare potest.
[THE SAME, from the second book of Opinions.] An envoy can petition the emperor for something against the commonwealth of which he is an envoy, provided it is done through another person.
§50.7.2.1Utrum quis deseruerit legationem an ex necessaria causa moram passus sit, ordini patriae suae probare debet.
Whether someone has abandoned his embassy or has suffered delay from a necessary cause, he must prove to the council of his fatherland.
§50.7.2.2Cessatio unius legati ei, qui munus ut oportet obiit, non nocet.
The inactivity of one envoy does not harm him who has performed his duty as is fitting.

Notes

  1. §50.7.2.pra principe quid postulare — This follows the construction "postulare a aliquo" (to demand/petition from someone), where "a principe" depends on "postulare". "quid" is used in the sense of "aliquid" (something).
  2. §50.7.2.1Utrum quis deseruerit legationem an ex necessaria causa moram passus sit, ordini patriae suae probare debet. — The subject of the indirect question clause (utrum... an...), "quis" (someone), also functions as the implied subject of the main verb "debet probare" (he must prove).
  3. §50.7.2.2ei, qui munus ut oportet obiit, non nocet — Since the verb "nocere" (to harm) governs the dative case, the person affected ("he who performed his duty") is expressed by the dative antecedent "ei".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.7.2.pr-50.7.2.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.7.2.pr-50.7.2.2

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