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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.6.14.pr

Natural Equity Prohibiting Enrichment at Another's Loss

Passage 1989 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The principle of natural equity regarding unjust enrichment is stated, affirming that no one should be made richer at another's expense.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo primo ad Sabinum. ] §12.6.14.prNam hoc natura aequum est neminem cum alterius detrimento fieri locupletiorem.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, Book 21.] For this is by nature equitable, that no one should become richer with the detriment of another.

Notes

  1. §12.6.14.prhoc — A demonstrative pronoun that anticipates the subsequent accusative and infinitive clause (neminem ... fieri locupletiorem), serving as the real subject of aequum est.
  2. §12.6.14.prnatura — Ablative of respect (or specification), meaning "by nature," "essentially," or "by natural law."
  3. §12.6.14.prfieri — Present infinitive of the copulative verb fio ("to become"), forming an accusative and infinitive construction with the accusative subject neminem and the predicate accusative locupletiorem.

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