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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.3.28.pr

Relation of Subsequent Laws to Prior Legislation

Passage 47 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that later laws also relate to prior ones unless they are contrary, which is proven by many arguments.

[PAULUS libro V ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §1.3.28.prSed et posteriores leges ad priores pertinent, nisi contrariae sint, idque multis argumentis probatur.
[PAULUS, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book 5] But later laws also relate to prior ones, unless they are contrary, and this is proved by many arguments.

Notes

  1. 1.3.28.prSed et — A combination of conjunctions introducing an additive contrast to the preceding statement (27.pr), indicating that the inverse relationship ("later laws also relate to prior ones") holds true as well.
  2. 1.3.28.prad priores pertinent — priores is an ellipse of priores leges. pertinere ad means "to relate to" or "to apply to," indicating that later laws are not completely independent of the framework of earlier ones.
  3. 1.3.28.prnisi contrariae sint — The subjunctive present sint is used in the nisi clause to express a general or hypothetical condition of exception ("unless they should be contrary").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.3.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.3.28.pr

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