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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.3.20.pr

Neighbor's Consent in Error and Denial of Exemption

Passage 6193 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius qualifies the rule from the preceding section, stating that the neighbor's tolerance does not exempt liability if it was based on error or ignorance.

[IDEM libro trigensimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §39.3.20.prsed hoc ita, si non per errorem aut imperitiam deceptus fuerit: nulla enim uoluntas errantis est.
[THE SAME in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] But this is so only if he was not deceived through error or ignorance; for there is no consent on the part of one who errs.

Notes

  1. §39.3.20.prsed hoc ita — Ellipsis of est (or habet se). Meaning 'but this is so [only] if...', which introduces a limiting condition to the rule of tolerance described in the preceding section (39.3.19.pr).
  2. §39.3.20.prdeceptus fuerit — Subjunctive perfect passive, expressing a completed condition. The implied subject is the 'neighbor' (uicinus) mentioned in the preceding section.
  3. §39.3.20.prnulla enim uoluntas errantis est — Literally, 'for there is no will of one who errs.' errantis is the genitive of the present participle errans used substantively (possessive genitive), modifying uoluntas. It states the legal maxim that consent given under a mistake of fact is legally non-existent or void.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.3.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.3.20.pr

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