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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.2.14.pr

Factors Considered in Inquiry on Threatened Damage

Passage 6135 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stated that the distance of the land and the scale of the work should be taken into account during the praetor's investigation of the case.

[PAULUS libro quadragensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §39.2.14.prIn causae cognitione etiam longinquitas soli et operis magnitudo spectanda est.
[PAULUS on the edict, book 48.] In the investigation of the case, the distance of the place and the magnitude of the work must also be taken into account.

Notes

  1. §39.2.14.prspectanda est — Although there are two feminine singular subjects, longinquitas and magnitudo, the gerundive predicate is in the third-person singular feminine spectanda est. This is an instance of attraction, where the verb agrees in gender and number with the nearest subject, magnitudo.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.2.14.pr

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