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§4.1.4.pr

Denial of Minor Restitution Causing Prejudice to Greater Matters

Presents a practical rule that a petition for restitution in integrum concerning a very minor matter should not be heard if it might create a prejudice to a more significant matter or sum.

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[CALLISTRATUS libro primo edicti monitorii.]

[CALLISTRATUS, on the Monitory Edict, book 1]

§4.1.4.pr

​Scio illud a quibusdam obseruatum, ne1 propter satis minimam rem uel summam, si maiori rei uel summae praeiudicetur,2 audiatur is qui in integrum restitui postulat.

​I know that this has been observed by some, that a person who demands to be restored to his former position should not be heard on account of a sufficiently minor matter or sum, if a prejudice would be created to a greater matter or sum.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 4.1.4.prillud ... ne

    The proleptic demonstrative pronoun illud (the accusative subject of obseruatum esse) points forward to and is explained by the subsequent ne clause.

  2. 4.1.4.prpraeiudicetur

    An impersonal passive of the intransitive verb praeiudicare (to judge beforehand, to prejudice), which takes the dative maiori rei uel summae.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-13)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.1.4.pr