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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.5.21.pr

General Principle of Granting Analogous Actions

Passage 2908 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Formulates the general principle that whenever standard legal actions or defenses are unavailable, analogous ones (utiles) are granted for relief.

[IDEM libro secundo disputationum. ] §19.5.21.prQuotiens deficit actio uel exceptio, utilis actio uel exceptio est.
[THE SAME, in the second book of Discussions.] Whenever an action or a defense is lacking, an analogous action or defense is available.

Notes

  1. §19.5.21.prutilis actio uel exceptio — The adjective `utilis` (nominative singular feminine) modifies both the immediate noun `actio` and the subsequent `exceptio` connected by `uel`. Therefore, it is understood as "an analogous (utilis) action or an analogous (utilis) defense."
  2. §19.5.21.prdeficit — The singular verb `deficit` agrees with the subject `actio uel exceptio`. When singular subjects are connected by the disjunctive conjunction `uel` (or), the verb typically appears in the singular.

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