Justinian I ―― The Digest of Justinian
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- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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Explains that it does not matter whether a certain or uncertain sum is submitted to arbitration, giving an example of an uncertain sum.
[PAULUS libro tertio decimo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS in his thirteenth book on the Edict.]
§4.8.28.pr
Non autem interest,1 certa an incerta summa compromissa sit, ut puta ‘quanti ea res erit'.2
Moreover, it does not matter whether a certain or an uncertain sum has been submitted to arbitration, as for example, ‘whatever the value of the matter shall be’.
Syntax notes2 items
- 4.8.28.printerest
The impersonal verb interest takes the indirect question certa an incerta... sit as its subject, meaning 'it does not matter whether...'.
- 4.8.28.prquanti ea res erit
Genitive of value or price (quanti) used with the future verb erit to denote 'of what value it will be'.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.8.28.pr