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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.57.pr-3.3.57.1

Agent Authority to Complete Suits and Waived Objections

Passage 540 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that an agent appointed to bring a lawsuit immediately is understood to have the authority to complete it later, and that once an objection regarding an agent is waived, it cannot be raised again due to a change of mind.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §3.3.57.prQui procuratorem dat, ut confestim agat, is intellegendus est permittere procuratori et postea litem peragere.
[IDEM in the seventy-fourth book on the edict.] A person who appoints an agent to bring an action immediately must be understood to permit the agent to carry through the suit afterwards as well.
§3.3.57.1Si quis remisit exceptionem procuratoriam, non poterit ex paenitentia eam opponere.
If anyone has waived an objection regarding an agent, he will not be able to raise it subsequently because of a change of mind.

Notes

  1. §3.3.57.printellegendus est permittere — The gerundive 'intellegendus' with 'est' forms a passive periphrastic conjugation expressing necessity ('must be understood'). 'permittere' is an infinitive depending on this construction, taking the dative 'procuratori' and the infinitive 'peragere'.
  2. §3.3.57.1ex paenitentia — The preposition 'ex' with the ablative 'paenitentia' (repentance, change of mind) indicates the cause or motive ('due to a change of mind', 'out of regret').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.57.pr-3.3.57.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.57.pr-3.3.57.1

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