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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.1.7.pr-1.1.7.1

Sources of Civil Law and Definition of Praetorian Law

Passage 7 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinian lists the five sources of civil law and defines praetorian (honorary) law, explaining its purpose to aid, supplement, or correct the civil law for the public utility.

[PAPINIANUS libro secundo definitionum. ] §1.1.7.prIus autem ciuile est, quod ex legibus, plebis scitis, senatus consultis, decretis principum, auctoritate prudentium uenit. §1.1.7.1Ius praetorium est, quod praetores introduxerunt adiuuandi uel supplendi uel corrigendi iuris ciuilis gratia propter utilitatem publicam.
[PAPINIANUS in the second book of Definitions.] civil law is that which comes from laws, plebiscites, decrees of the senate, decisions of the emperors, and the authority of the learned. law is that which the praetors introduced for the purpose of aiding, supplementing, or correcting the civil law, for the sake of public utility.
quod et honorarium dicitur ad honorem praetorum sic nominatum.
This is also called honorary law, being so named after the office of the praetors.

Notes

  1. §1.1.7.1adiuuandi uel supplendi uel corrigendi iuris ciuilis gratia — The gerundives adiuuandi, supplendi, and corrigendi (genitive, neuter, singular) modify the common noun object iuris ciuilis (genitive), and the entire phrase is governed by the postposition gratia ('for the sake of').
  2. §1.1.7.1quod et honorarium dicitur — The relative pronoun quod functions at the beginning of the clause as a relative connection (connecting relative), referring back to ius praetorium in the preceding sentence.
  3. §1.1.7.1ad honorem praetorum — The noun honor means 'magisterial office' as well as abstract 'honor'. It functions here as an etymological explanation for why the law is called honorarium, i.e., derived from the office of the praetors.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.1.7.pr-1.1.7.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.1.7.pr-1.1.7.1

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