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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. I22,
De officio adsessorum
Liber primus
XXII.

De officio adsessorum

(Concerning the Office of Assessors.)

1Pau­lus li­bro sin­gu­la­ri de of­fi­cio ad­ses­so­rum. Om­ne of­fi­cium ad­ses­so­ris, quo iu­ris stu­dio­si par­ti­bus suis fun­gun­tur, in his fe­re cau­sis con­stat: in co­gni­tio­ni­bus pos­tu­la­tio­ni­bus li­bel­lis edic­tis de­cre­tis epis­tu­lis.

1Paulus, On the Duties of Assessor. The entire office of assessor in which those learned in the law discharge their duties, embraces, for the most part, the following cases: Judicial inquiries, motions, statements of causes of action, edicts, decrees, and epistles.

2Mar­cia­nus li­bro pri­mo de iu­di­ciis pu­bli­cis. Li­ber­ti ad­si­de­re pos­sunt. in­fa­mes au­tem li­cet non pro­hi­bean­tur le­gi­bus ad­si­de­re, at­ta­men ar­bi­tror, ut ali­quo quo­que de­cre­to prin­ci­pa­li re­fer­tur con­sti­tu­tum, non pos­se of­fi­cio ad­ses­so­ris fun­gi.

2Marcianus, On Criminal Trials, Book I. Freedmen can act as assessors, and although persons who are infamous are not prohibited by law from doing so, still, I am of the opinion that they cannot perform the duties of an assessor; and, indeed, it is said that there is an Imperial Constitution extant upon this subject.

3Ma­cer li­bro pri­mo de of­fi­cio prae­si­dis. Si ea­dem pro­vin­cia post­ea di­vi­sa sub duo­bus prae­si­di­bus con­sti­tu­ta est, vel­ut Ger­ma­nia, Mysia, ex al­te­ra or­tus in al­te­ra ad­si­de­bit nec vi­de­tur in sua pro­vin­cia ad­se­dis­se.

3Macer, On the Office of Governor, Book I. Where the same province has been divided between two Governors, as for instance, Germany and Mysia, a man born in either can act as assessor in the other and is not considered as acting in his own province.

4Pa­pi­nia­nus li­bro quar­to re­spon­so­rum. Diem func­to le­ga­to Cae­sa­ris sa­la­rium com­iti­bus re­si­dui tem­po­ris, quod a le­ga­tis prae­sti­tu­tum est, de­be­tur, mo­do si non post­ea com­ites cum aliis eo­dem tem­po­re fue­runt. di­ver­sum in eo ser­va­tur, qui suc­ces­so­rem an­te tem­pus ac­ce­pit.

4Papinianus, Opinions, Book IV. When an Imperial Deputy dies, his attendants have a right to their salaries for the balance of the time for which they were appointed by the Deputy; provided they do not act as the attendants of others during that time. The case is different where the Deputy retired in favor of a successor before his term of office had expired.

5Pau­lus li­bro pri­mo sen­ten­tia­rum. Con­si­lia­ri eo tem­po­re quo ad­si­det neg­otia trac­ta­re in suum qui­dem au­di­to­rium nul­lo mo­do con­ces­sum est, in alie­num au­tem non pro­hi­be­tur.

5Paulus, Sentences, Book I. Assessors are, under no circumstances, permitted to transact business before a tribunal where they are councillors; but they are not forbidden to do so before another tribunal.

6Pa­pi­nia­nus li­bro pri­mo re­spon­so­rum. In con­si­lium cu­ra­to­ris rei pu­bli­cae vir eius­dem ci­vi­ta­tis ad­si­de­re non pro­hi­be­tur, quia pu­bli­co sa­la­rio non frui­tur.

6Papinianus, Opinions, Book I. A citizen of the Republic is not prohibited from acting as assessor in the court of a public official of his own town, because he does not receive a public salary.