[PAULUS libro IIII quaestionum. ] §1.3.26.prNon est nouum, ut priores leges ad posteriores trahantur.
[PAULUS, Questions, Book 4] It is nothing new that earlier laws should be drawn toward later ones.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.3.26.pr
Interpreting Earlier Laws in Relation to Later Laws
Summary
It states that it is a common practice in legal interpretation for earlier laws to be interpreted or applied in connection with later ones.
Notes
- §1.3.26.prut priores leges ad posteriores trahantur — The ut clause, containing the present subjunctive passive trahantur, functions as the substantive subject (noun clause) of the impersonal expression non est nouum. The noun leges is understood after ad posteriores. The verb trahere (to draw, drag) here refers to the interpretation or scope of earlier laws being drawn into connection with, or influenced by, the intent of later ones.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.3.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.3.26.pr
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