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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.13.pr

Praetor's Discretion in Compelling a Procurator to Defend

Passage 496 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Regarding whether to compel a procurator to accept a trial, this passage states that decisions should neither be made indiscriminately nor denied strictly, but must be moderated by the praetor after investigating each case.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo ad edictum. ] §3.3.13.prSed haec neque passim admittenda sunt neque destricte deneganda, sed a praetore causa cognita temperanda.
[ULPIANUS, in the eighth book on the Edict.] But these should neither be admitted indiscriminately nor denied strictly, but must be moderated by the praetor after investigating the case.

Notes

  1. §3.3.13.prcausa cognita — An ablative absolute meaning "the case having been investigated." This is a legal formula indicating that the praetor must take appropriate measures after investigating the specific facts of the case.
  2. §3.3.13.prtemperanda — A gerundive (nominative neuter plural) functioning as a predicate for the subject `haec`. It forms a passive periphrastic conjugation denoting necessity, with the verb `sunt` omitted, where the agent is expressed by the ablative with the preposition `a` (`a praetore`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.13.pr

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