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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.7.5.pr

Inapplicability of the Catonian Rule to New Laws

Passage 5300 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states the principle that the Catonian rule does not apply to newly enacted laws.

[IDEM libro uicesimo secundo ad Sabinum. ] §34.7.5.prRegula Catoniana ad nouas leges non pertinet.
[THE SAME, from the Twenty-second Book on Sabinus.] The Catonian rule does not apply to new laws.

Notes

  1. §34.7.5.prIDEM — Refers to the same author, Ulpian (Ulpianus), who was mentioned in the preceding fragment (§34.7.4.pr).
  2. §34.7.5.prnouas leges — The 'new laws' refer to specific statutory enactments (such as the Lex Falcidia) passed after the Catonian rule (a classical juristic rule of the civil law concerning the invalidity of testaments) was already established. It indicates that the Catonian rule's restrictive effect does not extend to these subsequent statutes.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.7.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.7.5.pr

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