Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.1.1.pr

The Praetor's Relief for Disadvantaged Persons

Passage 630 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses the self-evident utility of this title, under which the praetor grants relief in various ways to individuals who have suffered disadvantage through error, fraud, youth, or absence.

[ULPIANUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §4.1.1.prUtilitas huius tituli non eget commendatione, ipse enim se ostendit.

[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, book 11] The utility of this title does not need commendation, for it shows itself.

nam sub hoc titulo plurifariam praetor hominibus uel lapsis uel circumscriptis subuenit, siue metu siue calliditate siue aetate siue absentia inciderunt in captionem

For under this title, the praetor in many ways assists people, whether they have fallen into a snare through fear, craft, age, or absence, who have either made a mistake or been deceived.

Notes

4.1.1.prcommendatione — An ablative of separation/privation governed by the verb eget (from egeo, "to lack" or "to need"). It is the ablative singular of commendatio.
4.1.1.princiderunt — The third-person plural perfect indicative in the siue... siue... clause. It forms a concessive or explanatory adverbial clause, with the dative hominibus (or the participles lapsis, circumscriptis) from the main clause serving as its logical subject.
4.1.1.prcaptionem — Captio (literally "capture" or "snare") in Roman legal terminology refers to a "disadvantage," "prejudice," or "harm" suffered through fraud, error, or other causes. Here it denotes the legal disadvantage that justifies the praetor's intervention.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.1.1.pr

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