- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.25.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
It states that the same provision applies also to a person who is unable to face a lawsuit not out of a desire to evade, but simply because he is distracted by a multitude of affairs.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS in the fourth book on the Provincial Edict.]
Quod quidem simili modo ad eum quoque pertinere dicemus, qui non frustrandi gratia id faceret, sed quod multitudine rerum distringeretur.1
We shall indeed say that this applies in like manner also to him who does this not for the purpose of evasion, but because he is distracted by a multitude of affairs.
- 4.6.25.prfaceret ... distringeretur
The subjunctive imperfect is used here to characterize a hypothetical type of person ("one who would do this not for evasion, but because he is distracted..."), rather than referring to a specific individual. Additionally, the subjunctive in the quod clause (distringeretur) indicates a subjective reason alleged by the person.