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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.22.pr

Exclusion of Fraudulent Pretexts for Delay

Passage 3182 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus adds a proviso to Ulpianus's view in the previous section, stating that the circumstances preventing a delay must not be feigned with an intent to defraud.

[PAULUS libro trigesimo septimo ad edictum. ] §22.1.22.prsi modo id ipsum non fraudandi causa simuletur.
[PAULUS, from his thirty-seventh book on the Edict.] provided only that this very thing is not feigned with intent to defraud.

Notes

  1. §22.1.22.prsi modo — It introduces a conditional clause of proviso ("provided only that", "as long as") taking the subjunctive mood (here simuletur). It functions as an additional proviso by Paulus to Ulpianus's ruling in the previous fragment (21.pr) that "delay is not deemed to have occurred."
  2. §22.1.22.prid ipsum — Nominative demonstrative pronoun (neuter singular). It serves as the subject of the passive verb simuletur and refers back to the reasons for delaying mentioned by Ulpianus in the preceding fragment (21.pr), such as "calling in friends" or "requesting sureties."
  3. §22.1.22.prfraudandi causa — The genitive gerund fraudandi modifies causa (used postpositionally to express purpose) to mean "with intent to defraud" or "for the purpose of defrauding."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.22.pr

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