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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.2.22.pr

Invalidity of Acts Extorted Through Unlawful Imprisonment

Passage 660 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It lays down that whatever has been done as a result of throwing someone into prison to extort something from him is completely invalid.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §4.2.22.prQui in carcerem quem detrusit, ut aliquid ei extorqueret, quidquid ob hanc causam factum est, nullius momenti est.
[PAULUS, Book I of the Opinions.] As for one who has thrown someone into prison to extort something from him, whatever has been done for this reason is of no importance.

Notes

  1. §4.2.22.prQui — The clause beginning with the relative pronoun Qui (Qui... detrusit) is grammatically in the nominative case, but as the main clause has its own subject (quidquid...), this Qui does not serve as the subject of the main verb. It functions as a nominative absolute or a kind of anacoluthon, introducing the topic: 'As for him who...'.
  2. §4.2.22.prnullius momenti — A genitive of quality (or value) used as a predicate with the copula est, meaning 'of no importance' or 'of no validity' (void).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.2.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.2.22.pr

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