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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.7.6.pr-50.7.6.1

Commencement of Envoy Privileges and Jurisdiction

Passage 8742 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text defines the starting point of the period during which an envoy's status runs in his favor (from appointment, not arrival in Rome) and specifies that the praetor at Rome has jurisdiction if there is doubt about whether a person is an envoy.

[SCAEUOLA libro primo regularum. ] §50.7.6.prLegato tempus prodest, ex quo legatus creatus est, non ex quo Romam uenit.
[SCAEVOLA, from the first book of Rules.] For an envoy, time runs in his favor from the moment he is appointed an envoy, not from the moment he arrives in Rome.
§50.7.6.1Sed si non constat, legatus sit an non, Romae praetor de hoc cognoscit.
But if it is not clear whether he is an envoy or not, the praetor at Rome takes cognizance of this.

Notes

  1. §50.7.6.prtempus prodest — This expression refers to the period during which the privileges attached to the status of an envoy run in his favor. The subject tempus (time/period) is used with the verb prodest (is advantageous/profits), with the starting point indicated by the relative clause introduced by ex quo.
  2. §50.7.6.1legatus sit an non — An indirect alternative question clause ('whether he is an envoy or not') with the subjunctive present sit, serving as the subject clause of the negated impersonal verb non constat (it is not established/clear).
  3. §50.7.6.1Romae — The locative singular of the city name Roma, indicating the place where ('at Rome').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.7.6.pr-50.7.6.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.7.6.pr-50.7.6.1

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