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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.3.8.pr

Establishment of Laws for General Rather Than Specific Cases

Passage 27 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states the principle that laws are established not for specific individuals, but with general applicability.

[ULPIANUS libro III ad Sabinum. ] §1.3.8.prIura non in singulas personas, sed generaliter constituuntur.
[ULPIAN on Sabinus, Book III] Laws are established not for individual persons, but generally.

Notes

  1. 1.3.8.priura — Nominative plural of the neuter noun ius (law, right). Here it refers to "laws" or "legal rules" rather than individual "subjective rights." The plural is used to imply various specific legal provisions.
  2. 1.3.8.prin singulas personas — The preposition in with the accusative indicates direction or target, meaning "for" or "against" individual persons. This context asserts the generality of law, denying the validity of special laws (privilegia) directed at specific individuals (singulas personas).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.3.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.3.8.pr

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