- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.54.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Paulus states the procedural principle that a lesser case should not prejudice a greater trial, as the greater question naturally draws the lesser case into its scope.
[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum.]
[PAULUS book one of Opinions.]
Per minorem causam maiori cognitioni praeiudicium fieri1 non oportet: maior enim quaestio minorem causam ad se trahit.
It is not fitting for a prejudice to be created for a greater trial through a lesser case; for the greater question draws the lesser case to itself.
- 5.1.54.prmaiori cognitioni praeiudicium fieri
The dative 'maiori cognitioni' depends on 'praeiudicium' (prejudicial judgment or disadvantage). 'non oportet' is an impersonal verb taking the accusative with infinitive clause 'praeiudicium fieri' (for a prejudice to be created). This reflects the legal principle that a decision in a lesser, ancillary, or partial case should not prejudge or disadvantage a larger, more comprehensive main trial ('maior cognitio').