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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.77.pr

Defense of a Person by the Standard of a Good Man

Passage 560 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that the defense of any person must be conducted in accordance with the fair standard of a 'good man'.

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §3.3.77.prOmnis qui defenditur boni uiri arbitratu defendendus est.
[PAULUS, in the fifty-seventh book on the Edict.] Everyone who is defended must be defended in accordance with the judgment of a good man.

Notes

  1. §3.3.77.prboni uiri arbitratu — The ablative noun 'arbitratu' (judgment, decision) expresses a standard, accompanied by the genitive 'boni uiri' (of a good/honest man), indicating that the defense must be conducted according to a fair and objective standard of a reasonable person.
  2. §3.3.77.prdefendendus est — The gerundive 'defendendus' combined with 'est' forms the passive periphrastic conjugation, expressing obligation or necessity ('must be defended').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.77.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.77.pr

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