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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.5.2.pr

Priority of the Status of Persons in the Edict

Passage 66 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Based on the premise that all law is established for the sake of human beings, the author outlines the plan to discuss first the status of persons and then other matters, following the order of the perpetual edict.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro primo iuris epitomarum. ] §1.5.2.prCum igitur hominum causa omne ius constitutum sit, primo de personarum statu ac post de ceteris, ordinem edicti perpetui secuti et his proximos atque coniunctos applicantes titulos ut res patitur, dicemus.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitomes of Law, book 1] Since, therefore, all law has been established for the sake of men, we shall speak first of the status of persons and afterwards of other matters, having followed the order of the perpetual edict and applying titles close to and connected with these as the matter permits.

Notes

  1. §1.5.2.prhominum causa — The postpositioned noun causa ("for the sake of") governs the preceding genitive hominum (genitive plural of homo), expressing the idea that law exists for the benefit of human beings.
  2. §1.5.2.prsecuti — The perfect participle of the deponent verb sequor, which has an active meaning ("having followed") and agrees in gender, number, and case with the implied subject of the main verb dicemus ("we").
  3. §1.5.2.prhis — The dative plural of the demonstrative pronoun hic, which acts as a complement to the adjectives proximos ("close to") and coniunctos ("connected with"), meaning "close to and connected with these."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.5.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.5.2.pr

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