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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.1.3.pr

The Requirement of Judicial Investigation for Restitution

Passage 632 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that for the praetor to grant restitution in integrum, he must first investigate the case to examine whether the grounds for assisting individuals are true and just.

[MODESTINUS libro octauo pandectarum. ] §4.1.3.prOmnes in integrum restitutiones causa cognita a praetore promittuntur, scilicet ut iustitiam earum causarum examinet; an uerae sint, quarum nomine singulis subuenit.
[MODESTINUS, Pandects, book 8] All restitutions in integrum are promised by the praetor after an investigation of the case, namely, so that he may examine the justice of those grounds, to see whether they are true, on the account of which he comes to the aid of individuals.

Notes

  1. §4.1.3.prcausa cognita — An ablative absolute. It refers to the formal judicial inquiry (causae cognitio) required in Roman law, meaning 'after an investigation of the case' or 'having heard the case'.
  2. §4.1.3.pran uerae sint — An indirect question clause serving as the object of the preceding verb examinet. Its subject is omitted but refers back to the preceding earum causarum.
  3. §4.1.3.prquarum nomine — The relative pronoun quarum refers back to causarum. Nomine is an ablative meaning 'on the account of' or 'under the name of', modified by the relative pronoun.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.1.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.1.3.pr

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