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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.1.5.pr

Institutions and Contracts Derived from the Law of Nations

Passage 5 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage lists various social and legal institutions originating from the law of nations—such as war, nations, ownership, and contracts—noting that certain exceptions are introduced by civil law.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro primo iuris epitomarum. ] §1.1.5.prEx hoc iure gentium introducta bella, discretae gentes, regna condita, dominia distincta, agris termini positi, aedificia collocata, commercium, emptiones uenditiones, locationes conductiones, obligationes institutae: exceptis quibusdam quae iure ciuili introductae sunt.
[HERMOGENIANUS in the first book of the Epitome of Law.] From this law of nations, wars were introduced, nations separated, kingdoms founded, ownership distinguished, boundaries set to fields, buildings erected, commerce, buying and selling, letting and hiring, and obligations established; with the exception of certain things which were introduced by civil law.

Notes

  1. §1.1.5.printroducta — The auxiliary verb sunt is omitted in each clause beginning with introducta (e.g., introducta sunt, discretae sunt, etc.), producing a concise and rapid enumeration.
  2. §1.1.5.pragris — Dative of reference or direction qualifying the participle positi (from pono), meaning 'boundaries were set for/to the fields'.
  3. §1.1.5.prexceptis quibusdam — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect participle exceptis and the pronoun quibusdam, translating literally as 'certain things having been excepted', meaning 'except for certain things'.
  4. §1.1.5.prquae — The relative pronoun quae is in the feminine plural nominative, referring back to the ablative quibusdam. The feminine gender is chosen either to agree with the preceding feminine nouns (such as obligationes), or in reference to implied feminine concepts such as 'institutions' (institutiones).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.1.5.pr

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