[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum. ] §11.3.4.prSed commodius est utili lege Aquilia eum teneri.
[PAULUS, from the nineteenth book on the Edict.] But it is more convenient that he be held liable under an analogous Aquilian action.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.3.4.pr
Analogous Aquilian Action for Dangerous Persuasion
Summary
Paulus points out that it is more practical to hold the person who induced the slave into a dangerous situation liable under an analogous Aquilian action.
Notes
- §11.3.4.prutili lege Aquilia — utili is the ablative singular of the adjective utilis (useful, beneficial). In legal terminology, it refers to an analogous or extended action (actio utilis, i.e., "analogous Aquilian action") rather than the direct action under the original Aquilian law (lex Aquilia). lege Aquilia functions as an ablative of instrument or basis, modifying teneri.
- §11.3.4.prcommodius est — An impersonal construction that takes the subsequent accusative with infinitive clause eum teneri (that he be held liable) as its subject. commodius is the nominative neuter singular of the comparative adjective commodus.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.3.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.3.4.pr
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