- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Paulus explains that relief of restitution should be granted not to the negligent, but only to those prevented by necessity, and that the praetor should regulate this by his discretion, granting it only if the party could not join issue due to the shortness of time.
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.]
Non enim neglegentibus subuenitur,1 sed necessitate rerum impeditis. totumque istud arbitrio praetoris temperabitur, id est ut ita demum restituat,2 si non neglegentia, sed temporis angustia non potuerunt3 litem contestari.
For relief is not granted to those who are negligent, but to those who are prevented by the necessity of circumstances. And all this will be regulated by the discretion of the praetor; that is, that he should grant restitution only if they were unable to join issue in the lawsuit, not through negligence, but because of the shortness of time.
- 4.6.16.prsubuenitur
An impersonal passive verb which governs the datives neglegentibus and impeditis to indicate the persons to whom relief is granted.
- 4.6.16.prrestituat
A verb in the third-person singular present active subjunctive. Its subject is not explicitly stated but is understood as the praetor, supplied from the genitive praetoris in the preceding clause. The ut clause explains the concrete application of temperabitur.
- 4.6.16.prpotuerunt
A verb in the third-person plural perfect active. Its subject contextually refers to the parties seeking restitution (corresponding to neglegentibus and impeditis).