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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.1.21.pr

Equitable Judgments and Judicial Interrogations

Passage 1767 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the principle that wherever the judge is guided by equity, a judicial interrogation should likewise be permitted.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §11.1.21.prUbicumque iudicem aequitas mouerit, aeque oportere fieri interrogationem dubium non est.
[ULPIANUS, from the twenty-second book on the Edict.] Wherever equity moves the judge, there is no doubt that an interrogation ought equally to be conducted.

Notes

  1. §11.1.21.praeque oportere fieri interrogationem — The infinitive phrase of the impersonal verb oportere functions as the subject or complement of dubium non est (there is no doubt). The adverb aeque (equally) indicates that judicial interrogation should be permitted not only in the specific cases previously mentioned, but in all general situations where equity (aequitas) demands it.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.1.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.1.21.pr

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