[Novellae constitutiones]

a Ammine: That is, that he may pay the appeal. From what is below, 'concerning canonical', title, law 2.

b Judges: That is, the presidents of the provinces, or they may exact or appeal.

c Delegates: That is, to pay from the opinators themselves.

d Quantity: That which the opinators exact from the provincials.

e Office: That is, of whatever official it may be.

f To be exacted: The tributarians whom they themselves ought to exact.

g Soldiers: That is, the opinators, Accursius.

h Will remain: That is, will hold.

i Curial: That is, the presidents of the curia, to which below, title 1, law 2, in the beginning, that is, the president.

k Judges: Of the place.

l To inquire: By knowing who and how much is owed, and to judge upon this.

m Names: To be reduced into writing, so that he may be able to give to the ducenarii, as above, law 1.

n Custom: Note, not by custom.

o Convicted legitimately: Not by prison or similar means, as above, law 'nemo'.

p Perceived: By the opinators who receive from the judges what they exact with their offices, as in the beginning of this law, Accursius.

q Year: This which ought to be paid, as noted in the beginning of the law.

r Numbers: Of soldiers, if by chance the opinator was with the soldiers, or say the number of opinators was in some terno, who were sent to different provinces, as the Templars do.

s Whom: The opinators, the things, clearly.

t Judges: That is, some say the judges who sent the opinators shall pay from their own, Accursius. 'This day protracted', that is, delayed coming. And say 'obnoxious', that is, the opinators, and say judges, that is, the presidents; and 'protracted' are the opinators, and thus 'pen'. Note 'obnoxious', that is, tributarians to the soldiers for stipends according to the first mode, or to the soldiers, that is, the opinators, or to another for the annonary tribute.

u Is owed: For provisions, or the Digest 'concerning negotiorum gestorum' from the fact, 'concerning'.

x Preserved: Action 'negotiorum gestorum', as the Digest, or 'adjunct' from this, law.

y Regarding those retained: By the opinators, that is, if from these things which he exacts from the soldiers, he retained that which ought to be given among them, and according to this, say to the opinators, that is, from the opinators; and what you say, 'soldier', that is, opinator for soldiers, or say that the judge retained something which he does not owe to the opinator, which he will give in double, so that half to the soldier, that is, the opinator for his office, and the other to the treasury; and according to these, the intellect is not contrary to the Digest 'concerning the census', by the exactors sent by the provincials, it was accepted unduly, and thus...

By delegates of the same quantity, a double penalty of those who retain shall be exacted; if he wishes to exact by himself from any office, they shall receive a sentence of deportation if he wishes to delegate by himself to the soldiers. And the curiales and others shall remain in exile. If he shall have thought the fiscal matters, which they are solemnly accustomed to exact, are to be handed over to the opinators, when it is necessary for the judge to inquire into the debtors, he shall faithfully provide the names of the debtors to the tabularii, the apparitors, or the curiales, according to their custom, and to persist against the convicted debtors so that the opinators, with congruent emoluments prescribed, may be able to return to the proposed numbers at the end of the year. If they shall have been protracted beyond the year, let the judges and the offices without any delay compel the payment to the soldiers of what is owed, with the right of recovery reserved for the soldiers against the obnoxious ones themselves. Note If any complaint shall come to you regarding those retained by the opinators, we order it to be exacted in double from them.

m Quadruple: Punishing. Others say that there it is by force, as the Digest 'on equality', 'number', law 'placet'. According to them, it makes title 1, law finally.

a Judges: Of the province, to which it pertains, below, 'where you are with him', 'concerning'.

b Dignity: If it be of three, law 3, and where it is, law 1, and not what official, it is not said by his own authority, but by the president's justice. Thus also say authority, that is, taking, or by the person, as above, 'same', 'nemo', and in things as subjected, and according to the same law 'nemo', and say authors and 'es', that is, officials of the president.

b Names: Who wish to pay.

c Divine house: That is, ours or the Augustan, according to the others; and here it is placed above, 'concerning', 'concerning', 'in' 'f', where 'cases', law 'divine house', in 'f', law, or say divine house so that it may be placed in preference, as noted above, 'same', law at the end, and it makes the Digest 'concerning numerical payments', law 'evidently', and above 'concerning indictments', law 1.

d Metrocomias: 'Metros' measure, 'cos' village, hence 'metrocomia', that is, a measured village, which gave to the 'metrotis', as above, 'concerning rights of the treasury', law 'cerea', in which village it is not permitted for the commissioners or others to buy, as below, 'it is not permitted to have', law 1.

e Proamj: To be offered to the tributarian in fraud of public functions, in which case his estates or names given because of the 'protoconia' are confiscated, as below, 'that not to the public funds', 'fuf', law 1, and thus he would not pay tributes when he does not have the thing.

f Purchase: Allowed. Accursius.

g Prior master: They are public functions, that is, tributes and burdens of provisions of things; and therefore, when it is 'bulatoria', as the Digest 'concerning public things'.

a That which is below, 'concerning estates and others', remaining were to be paid, 'sanctification', 'ec', law 'placet', there no translation of the church's things, below, 'concerning others for pledge', or rather as I said here, it is said that the church is placed not for the church itself; another sells by punishment, and say 'f', which is in this law.

Rubric: Concerning super-actions beyond what is owed, do not touch this title.

Let the soldier take the due part, and the treasury the remaining. We provide for the judges and their offices to such an extent that they may exercise their authority against the contumacious debtor of whatever dignity, as if the payment were delayed imprudently. The actors and their procurators who follow the estates, let them report regarding their names to our knowledge. Imp r

A divine house, from whatever dignity and fortune it may have reverted to the treasury, not for the sake of 'proconium' but by the right of purchase or any other legitimate title, if it shall have possessed it and has not acknowledged the functions imposed by the republic, just as the prior master was paying, let their possessions be entirely sold to the public and assigned to the curia of the same city under which they are judges, so that by public commodities, the tributarian functions may be seen to be consulted on all sides by our provision.