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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.9.3.pr

Quorum of Two-Thirds Required for Holding a Council

Passage 8770 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that, under municipal law, a municipal council cannot be convened unless a quorum of two-thirds of its members is present.

[ULPIANUS libro tertio de appellationibus. ] §50.9.3.prLege autem municipali cauetur, ut ordo non aliter habeatur quam duabus partibus adhibitis.
[ULPIANUS in the third book on Appeals.] Moreover, it is provided by municipal law that the council shall not be held otherwise than with two-thirds of the members present.

Notes

  1. §50.9.3.prduabus partibus adhibitis — The phrase "duae partes" is the standard Roman expression for the fraction "two-thirds" (where the denominator is one greater than the numerator). Together with "adhibitis" (ablative perfect passive participle of "adhibere", to summon or bring in), it forms an ablative absolute indicating the quorum required for the meeting.
  2. §50.9.3.prnon aliter ... quam — A correlative construction meaning "not otherwise than...", which functions as a strong restriction equivalent to "only if..." or "only when...".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.9.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.9.3.pr

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