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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.27.pr

Indivisibility and Validity of Judgments in Partition Suits

Passage 1665 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that in a partition suit, condemnations and acquittals must be rendered for all parties involved, and if any single person is omitted, the entire judgment becomes invalid because a single judicial decision cannot be partially valid and partially invalid.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §10.2.27.prIn hoc iudicio condemnationes et absolutiones in omnium persona faciendae sunt: et ideo si in alicuius persona omissa sit damnatio, in ceterorum quoque persona quod fecit iudex non ualebit, quia non potest ex uno iudicio res iudicata in partem ualere, in partem non ualere.
[PAULUS libro uicensimo tertio ad edictum.] In this action, condemnations and acquittals must be made in respect of all persons; and therefore, if the condemnation is omitted in respect of anyone, what the judge has done in respect of the others also will not be valid, because a matter adjudged from a single trial cannot be valid in part and invalid in part.

Notes

  1. §10.2.27.prcondemnationes et absolutiones — Refers to "condemnations" (condemnatio) and "acquittals" (absolutio) under the Roman formulary system. In an action for the partition of an inheritance (actio familiae erciscundae), all co-heirs are simultaneously plaintiffs and defendants, meaning these judgments must be rendered collectively and indivisibly for all parties.
  2. §10.2.27.prquod fecit iudex — A noun clause formed by the relative pronoun quod without an explicit antecedent ("that which the judge did"), serving as the subject of the main verb non ualebit.
  3. §10.2.27.prres iudicata — "Res iudicata" (the matter adjudged) serves as the subject of the infinitives ualere and non ualere, which are governed by the main verb potest.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.27.pr

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