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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.1.2.pr

Reasons for the Praetorian Edict on Interrogations

Passage 1748 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus explains that the praetor proposed the edict on interrogations because of the difficulty a plaintiff faces in proving that the defendant is an heir or a possessor of goods.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §11.1.2.prEdictum de interrogationibus ideo praetor proposuit, quia sciebat difficile esse ei, qui heredem bonorumue possessorem conuenit, probare aliquem esse heredem bonorumue possessorem,
[ULPIANUS, from the twenty-second book on the Edict.] The praetor proposed the edict on interrogations for this reason, because he knew that it was difficult for one who sues an heir or a possessor of goods to prove that someone is an heir or a possessor of goods,

Notes

  1. §11.1.2.prideo... quia — The adverb ideo (for this reason) anticipates and emphasizes the following causal clause introduced by quia (because).
  2. §11.1.2.prdifficile esse ei, qui... conuenit, probare aliquem esse... — An accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the object of sciebat. The logical subject of difficile esse is the infinitive probare (to prove), while the dative ei (modified by the relative clause qui... conuenit) indicates the person for whom it is difficult. The infinitive probare further takes the accusative with infinitive clause aliquem esse... as its object.
  3. §11.1.2.prconuenit — Used here in the legal sense of "to sue" or "to summon to court," taking the accusative (heredem bonorumue possessorem) as its direct object.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.1.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.1.2.pr

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