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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.6.5.pr

Restoration for a Minor Compelled to Accept Trial

Passage 4035 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that even if a minor's knowledge would normally bar relief, restoration should still be granted if the minor was compelled by the praetor to accept the trial.

[ULPIANUS libro duodecimo ad edictum. ] §27.6.5.prInterdum tamen etsi scientia noceat, tamen restitutio facienda erit, si a praetore compulsus est ad iudicium accipiendum.
[ULPIANUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.] Sometimes, however, even if knowledge would be prejudicial, restoration must nevertheless be granted, if he was compelled by the praetor to accept the trial.

Notes

  1. §27.6.5.pretsi scientia noceat — The present subjunctive noceat, introduced by the concessive conjunction etsi, expresses a hypothetical or general case where "knowledge" on the part of the actor would normally act as a prejudicial factor barring relief. This logically connects back to the previous fragment (27.6.4.pr) mentioning etiamsi scierit ("even if he knew").
  2. §27.6.5.prad iudicium accipiendum — A gerundive construction in the accusative with the preposition ad, expressing purpose ("to accept" or "for the purpose of accepting"). In Roman civil procedure, iudicium accipere is a technical term meaning "to accept the trial" or "to submit to the formula".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.6.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.6.5.pr

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