- 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 the relief of restitution is granted to adults only for the purpose of recovering their property, and not for the purpose of making a profit from another's penalty or loss.
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.]
Sciendum est, quod in his casibus restitutionis auxilium maioribus1 damus in quibus rei dumtaxat persequendae gratia queruntur, non cum et lucri faciendi2 ex alterius poena uel damno auxilium sibi impertiri desiderant.
It must be understood that we grant the relief of restitution to adults in those cases in which they complain merely for the sake of recovering their property, and not when they desire assistance to be granted to them for the purpose of making a profit from the penalty or loss of another.
- 4.6.18.prmaioribus
Dative plural of the substantival adjective maior ('older'), which in Roman law refers to 'adults over the age of twenty-five.' This stands in contrast with minors under twenty-five (minores), who were generally granted the relief of restitution (in integrum restitutio) more readily, whereas adults required specific, justifiable grounds.
- 4.6.18.prlucri faciendi
Genitive of the gerundive, contrasted with the preceding phrase 'rei persequendae gratia' ('for the sake of recovering property'). It either implies the omission of 'gratia' or 'causa' ('for the purpose of making a profit') or functions as a genitive modifying the following noun 'auxilium' ('assistance of making a profit'). In either case, it refers to a claim aimed at gaining a profit rather than merely recovering a loss.