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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.69.pr

Appearance and Assistance of Principal after Procurator's Appointment

Passage 552 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a principal who has appointed a litigation procurator is still not prohibited from appearing and assisting in their own case.

[PAULUS libro tertio responsorum. ] §3.3.69.prPaulus respondit etiam eum, qui ad litem suscipiendam procuratorem dedit, causae suae adesse non prohiberi.
[PAULUS in the third book of Opinions.] Paulus answered that even he who has appointed a procurator to undertake a lawsuit is not prohibited from appearing to assist in his own case.

Notes

  1. §3.3.69.prad litem suscipiendam — A purpose expression consisting of the preposition 'ad' combined with the accusative of the gerundive, meaning 'to undertake a lawsuit'.
  2. §3.3.69.preum ... non prohiberi — An accusative and infinitive (AcI) construction introduced by the main verb 'respondit', where 'eum' is the subject accusative of the passive infinitive 'prohiberi'. 'eum' is modified by the relative clause 'qui...dedit'.
  3. §3.3.69.prcausae suae adesse — The verb 'adesse' governs the dative ('causae suae') and means 'to assist or support (someone or a cause) in court'. Here it functions as an infinitive depending on the passive verb 'prohiberi'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.69.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.69.pr

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