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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.10.pr

Incompetence of Parties as Witnesses in Their Own Cases

Passage 3263 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius states the principle that no individual can be deemed a competent witness in their own legal dispute.

[POMPONIUS libro primo ad Sabinum. ] §22.5.10.prNullus idoneus testis in re sua intellegitur.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, Book 1.] No one is understood to be a competent witness in his own case.

Notes

  1. §22.5.10.prNullus idoneus testis ... intellegitur — The verb `intellegitur` (third-person singular present passive) is used with the nominative subject and complement `nullus idoneus testis`, forming the construction "no one is understood/deemed to be a competent witness." The noun `res` in the phrase `in re sua` refers specifically to a legal "case, lawsuit, or interest" rather than a "thing" in general.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.10.pr

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