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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.9.2.pr

Invalidity of Decrees Lacking a Quorum of Decurions

Passage 8769 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that decrees of a city are invalid if they are made without the legally required quorum of decurions being assembled.

[MARCIANUS libro primo publicorum. ] §50.9.2.prIlla decreta, quae non legitimo numero decurionum coacto facta sunt, non ualent.
[MARCIANUS in the first book of Public Law.] Those decrees which have been made without a lawful number of decurions being assembled are not valid.

Notes

  1. §50.9.2.prnon legitimo numero decurionum coacto — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun `numero` (modified by the adjective `legitimo` and the genitive plural `decurionum`) and the participle `coacto` (ablative perfect passive participle of `cogere`). The entire phrase is negated by `non`, expressing the condition "without a lawful number of decurions being assembled."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.9.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.9.2.pr

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