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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.14.pr

Exemption of Procurator Due to Subsequent Enmity

Passage 497 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the legal rule that if deadly enmity arises after appointing a procurator, they are not compelled to undertake the trial, and the stipulation for an undefended case is not forfeited.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad edictum. ] §3.3.14.prSi post datum procuratorem capitales inimicitiae intercesserunt, non cogendum accipere iudicium nec stipulationem ob rem non defensam committi, quoniam noua causa sit.
[PAULUS, in the eighth book on the Edict.] If deadly enmity has arisen after the appointment of a procurator, he should not be compelled to accept the trial, nor should the stipulation on account of an undefended case be forfeited, since a new cause has arisen.

Notes

  1. §3.3.14.prpost datum procuratorem — The preposition `post` is followed by a noun and a perfect participle (`datum procuratorem`), expressing the event "after the appointment of a procurator" (a structure equivalent to the ab urbe condita construction).
  2. §3.3.14.prnon cogendum — The gerundive `cogendum` is used impersonally or as part of an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction with an omitted subject accusative (`procuratorem` or `eum`), meaning "(the procurator) ought not to be compelled."
  3. §3.3.14.prstipulationem ob rem non defensam committi — An A.C.I. construction with `stipulationem` as the subject accusative and `committi` as the infinitive. `committi` means that the condition of a legal promise (stipulatio) is fulfilled, thereby becoming "forfeited" or "binding." `ob rem non defensam` means "on account of the case not being defended" (noun `rem` + perfect participle `defensam`).
  4. §3.3.14.prquoniam noua causa sit — The subjunctive `sit` indicates that this is not merely a statement of objective fact, but rather the ground of the decision as presented by Paulus (oblique clause or subjunctive of reported reason).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.14.pr

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