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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.6.4.pr

Relief Granted to Minors Despite Their Knowledge

Passage 4034 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that relief will be granted to a minor under twenty-five years of age even if they had knowledge of the facts.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum. ] §27.6.4.prMinori uiginti quinque annis succurretur, etiamsi scierit.
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.] Relief will be granted to a person under twenty-five years of age, even if he knew.

Notes

  1. §27.6.4.prMinori uiginti quinque annis — The comparative 'minor' is combined with 'annis' (with 'uiginti quinque') as an ablative of comparison, meaning 'a person under twenty-five years of age'. It is in the dative case governed by the verb 'succurretur'.
  2. §27.6.4.prsuccurretur — The third-person singular future passive of the intransitive verb 'succurrere' (which takes the dative to mean 'to relieve, help'), used impersonally to mean 'relief will be granted'.
  3. §27.6.4.prscierit — The third-person singular future perfect or perfect subjunctive of the verb 'scire'. The subject is 'minori' (the minor under twenty-five), indicating 'even if he had knowledge' of the relevant facts, such as the invalidity of the transaction.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.6.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.6.4.pr

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