[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §1.3.22.prCum lex in praeteritum quid indulget, in futurum uetat.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, Book 35] When a law indulges something for the past, it forbids it for the future.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.3.22.pr
Exemption for the Past as Prohibition for the Future
Summary
Ulpian states the principle of statutory interpretation that when a law grants indulgence or exemption for past actions, it thereby forbids them for the future.
Notes
- 1.3.22.prquid — The neuter singular accusative form used instead of the indefinite pronoun aliquid after the conjunction cum. Meaning "something" or "a certain thing," it serves as the direct object of the verb indulget in the temporal/conditional clause. Although the main verb uetat lacks an explicit direct object, this quid (or the act it refers to) is contextually understood as its object.
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