[Novellae constitutiones]

fields and census, law 1, for books, paragraph 'b' regarding revenues, Digest regarding annuals, law 'final heir', paragraph 'Lucius', and argument Digest regarding usufruct, law 'as far as'. It makes below, law 1, principle, Digest regarding expenses, law 1, nor is stipend, and below, regarding collatione fundorum contribution of lands, law 'all', that is, duties of the firsts which the possession—estates—in municipia cities are called. For there is a twofold duty of patrimony: one in things, as fons fountain/source, and these are undergone even by those who are not citizens; also those which exercise interest and will be provided according to the mode noted in law 'final'. Also there is another which is imposed on the person as patrimony, and then only the citizens, as Digest regarding municipal and honorable, law 'rescript', paragraph 'if', and law 'if', paragraph 'of patrimonies', and then it will not be provided according to the form said in law 'final', but as I said for individual lustra 5-year periods, as noted below, primary law 'final'. And note that some laws of this title 8 say one thing, others another, and others both. And it makes below, regarding municipal duties, law 2, which noted below, regarding municipal and honorable, in law 'final', Digest regarding negotiorum, paragraph 'who another', paragraph 'final', and that which is placed here is today ordinary, as below, title 1, law 1. Also it makes below, regarding immunity, law 'if'.

power to be. But if any vicar or governor of the province has already credited to anyone that it is to be remitted which he has remitted to others, he will be compelled to give from his own faculties. Emperor.

All things entirely must be vigorous for the obligation of public functions. For it is signed by our law that there be no extraordinary [functions] and that there be no vacancy for those which are solemnly to be offered by the most devout provincials. Emperor.

b Mode: that is, in that which you do not possess, as below, regarding immunity, law 'is', and law 2, and below, in the authentic regarding mandate, paragraph 'do not permit'.
c Possess: according to the quantity of fruits only, but see note in law 'final'. Also it makes above, regarding alluvium, 1, note; below, paragraph 'men'.
b hands: only.

We command that the annona grain supply be transported to the limit according to the places and proximity of the possessions. Emperor.

It is manifest that a rescript elicited by damnable subreption stealth/fraud regarding the defrauding of the annona grain supply matter and public devotion cannot obtain power. Around all, therefore, equal and par

regarding it, as below, title 2, law 1, and be delegated when through his messenger he writes to the governor so that he may exact, and when he promises the bishop regarding the past indiction, as below, regarding excuse of duties, law 'it pleases', tending power to be, and it is well thus.
e Exacting: otherwise remitted, who—for the thing—paragraph 'for another' refers itself to the principle and renders double, as below, regarding excuse of duties, law 'it pleases'.
f Vicar: such as a palatine or other in the place of the prince or governor of the province to whose solicitude it pertains to exact tributes, as below, regarding canon law, law 2, and above, regarding epactis taxes/additions, law 1, in fiscal matters.
g Compelled: say to be reserved in subsidy to him to whom it was remitted, as above, regarding the treasury, law 2, in the end, according to which the remission is not valid entirely, as above, regarding transaction, those present, which is contrary; to the poor, however, it can be remitted when he ought to act as plaintiff, as in the authentic 'whatever is justice', final, where 'suffrages', paragraph 'them', and it makes Digest regarding pacts, law 'emperors', and regarding public, law 'final', paragraph 'if', and regarding decurions, all, four, below, provincial, as in the end of this law 1.

All things entirely use, and it makes below, regarding census, law 4, and note, above, without census or religion, final, immunity, law 1, so that not even veterans are excused, as Digest above, regarding privileges of veterans, law 'penultimate', and it makes below, title 1, law 1, otherwise called 'when'.
i Posterior: which we do not have, nor do they offer, nor are ordinary remitted, as also above, law.
k Summon: otherwise summoned, ordinary are remitted.

All things entirely use, and it makes below, regarding census, law 4, and note, above, without census or religion, final, immunity, law 1, so that not even veterans are excused, as Digest above, regarding privileges of veterans, law 'penultimate', and it makes below, title 1, law 1, otherwise called 'when'.

n Annona: established in individual places and kinds, as below, regarding receivers, law 'measures', books, 1, established in camps, prallegabant were requested before.
o To the limit: where it was stored for a time, as well, and below, regarding the erogation distribution of military, law 1, and below, regarding canon law, law 1, and below, regarding fundis limitaneis border lands, law 1, and it makes below, law 'no one'.
p Fraud: of the annona grain supply, that is, fributi tribute to the annona, as I said in the beginning.
q Devotion: that is, the said tribute or devoutly to be paid.

the form of the offering be held.

No possessor shall be delegated further to build mansions or offer species, but all shall be delegated with regard for the journey and necessity.

r Obtain: unless there is a precept, note 'years' as below, regarding fundis, law 'final'.
s Equal: that is, excusing no one, as above, law 'all', by the mode of so many possessions, as above, law 1 'indictions', and it makes above, regarding the imperial office, law 1, nor loss, and below, regarding fundis, law 'all', and above, regarding vectigal, law 'whatever', and if contrary to law, as utili publica public utility, law 'final', which below, regarding ships, not excused, law 2, and below, regarding canon fruits, law 2, and regarding aqueduct, law 1, 'diligently'.

Mediterranean cities were previously burdened by maritime ones, and maritime by mediterranean ones, with expenses so that there was more loss in the translation than in the offering of devotion. This we forbid not only in the present but also in the future by such law, knowing that they will be punished with the ultimate punishment who have omitted these things. Emperor.

t No: possessor of estates, by which they are held to the following.
u Mansions: public, in which perhaps the annona grain supply was to be stored or other public ones.
x Further: because those from one province ought not to carry to another; and it makes above, law 'regarding places', and below, regarding provincial, law 2, and below, title, law 15.

Whoever has omitted public necessities as ordained, let the privileges of dignities not provide. Whence, if anyone obtains emoluments from estates, if he does not [pay] at the end of the year,

Mediterranean cities: that is, the men of them.
Expenses: that is, they paid tributes for one another, and thus carried tributes further than they ought, which is well removed, to which see above, law 'regarding places', and it makes below, regarding provincial, law 2, and concerning the same, law principle, and in the authentic regarding confectione completion, which none, and below, regarding metal, law 4. Also see the contrary, that above, one to carry the burdens of another; [if] one is not relieved, indeed the other is burdened, of paying.

a Devotion: that is, of tribute to be devoted.

Forbidden: put according to the man who ought to pay public functions, as above, regarding rights of emphyteusis long-term land lease, law 2, and Digest regarding usufruct, law 'as far as'; for if he does not pay, below, of this time, law 'lord exacts', he claims the estate, no dignity obstructing. Or according to M., put in the exactor of tributes, which the treasury takes away, below, of this time, the lord of the estate who pays recovers, as in the end of this law, and the exactor and the exacted are held in subsidy to the treasury, as below, regarding the erogation distribution of military, law 5, and above, regarding the treasury, law 'to the treasury', or more truly, unless the emphyteuta land tenant or heir pays within the times of this law, the exaction pertains to the lord, that is, because the lord exacts. g

c Commodities: that is, tributes which are exacted by the treasury from him who has the necessity of paying, as it is subjected, Digest regarding municipal and honorable, law 1, final, paragraph 'from this', and regarding...
d Dignities: thus.
e Year: below, which ought to be paid to the exactor, as below, title 2, law 'remitted'.