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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.7.7.pr

Limits on Exemption of Sons Due to Father's Embassy

Passage 8743 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk shows the Emperor's rescript regarding a son's exemption from an embassy on account of his father, ruling that while such an exemption applies to the intervals between expensive offices, it does not apply to embassies performed by personal service alone.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto de officio proconsulis. ] §50.7.7.prFilio propter patrem legationis uacatio ne concedatur, imperator noster cum patre Claudio Callisto rescripsit in haec uerba: 'Quod desideras, ut propter legationem patris tui a legatione tu uaces, in interuallis honorum, qui sumptum habent, recte obseruatur: in impendiis legationum, quae solo ministerio obeuntur, diuersa causa est'.
[ULPIAN, from the fourth book on the Office of Proconsul.] exemption from an embassy should not be granted to a son on account of his father. Our Emperor, together with his father, replied to Claudius Callistus in these words: 'As for your desire that you should be exempt from an embassy on account of your father's embassy, this is correctly observed in the intervals between public offices which involve expense; but in the case of the expenses of embassies which are performed by personal service alone, the case is different.'

Notes

  1. §50.7.7.prne concedatur — The third-person singular present subjunctive used in an independent clause to express a prohibition or command ('should not be granted'), serving as a headline summarizing the legal rule.
  2. §50.7.7.prQuod desideras — A noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun 'quod', functioning as 'As for what you desire,' introducing the topic. The following 'ut' clause is an appositive explaining the content of 'desideras'.
  3. §50.7.7.prquae solo ministerio obeuntur — The relative pronoun 'quae' refers back to 'legationum', functioning as the subject of 'obeuntur' (3rd person plural passive of 'obire'). It refers to embassies that are performed solely by personal or physical service ('ministerio').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.7.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.7.7.pr

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