Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.5.4.pr

Principle That Transactions Outnumber Their Names

Passage 2891 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that it is a fundamental truth established by the nature of things that there are more types of business transactions than there are words to name them.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo ad Sabinum. ] §19.5.4.prNatura enim rerum conditum est, ut plura sint negotia quam uocabula.

[ULPIANUS in the thirtieth book on Sabinus.] For it is established by the nature of things that there are more transactions than words.

Notes

§19.5.4.prconditum est, ut — The subjunctive clause introduced by `ut` (`sint`) serves as a substantive subject clause (noun clause) for the impersonal passive verb `conditum est` ('it has been established').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.5.4.pr

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