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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.4.1.pr

Broad Definition of Instruments and Testimonies in Law

Passage 3248 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus defines the term "instruments" broadly to include everything by which a case can be prepared, stating that testimonies and persons are treated in the place of written instruments.

[PAULUS libro secundo sententiarum. ] §22.4.1.prInstrumentorum nomine ea omnia accipienda sunt, quibus causa instrui potest: et ideo tam testimonia quam personae instrumentorum loco habentur.
[PAULUS from the second book of Sentences.] Under the name of "instruments" must be understood all those things by which a case can be prepared; and therefore, testimonies as well as persons are held in the place of instruments.

Notes

  1. §22.4.1.prInstrumentorum nomine — "nomine" is an ablative of specification or means meaning "under the name of," which is accompanied by "instrumentorum" as a genitive of definition or relation.
  2. §22.4.1.prquibus causa instrui potest — "quibus" is an ablative of means representing the relative pronoun whose antecedent is "ea omnia". The passive infinitive "instrui" here means "to be prepared" or "to be equipped" with necessary evidence for a case (causa).
  3. §22.4.1.prinstrumentorum loco habentur — "loco" is an ablative used without a preposition, governing the genitive "instrumentorum," in the idiomatic sense of "in the place of" or "in the status of."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.4.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.4.1.pr

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