Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.3.6.pr

Equivalence of a Fruitless Action to Having None

Passage 667 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that having a fruitless action due to an opponent's insolvency is equivalent to having no action at all.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §4.3.6.prNam is nullam uidetur actionem habere, cui propter inopiam aduersarii inanis actio est.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.] For he is deemed to have no action, for whom, on account of the lack of means of his opponent, the action is fruitless.

Notes

§4.3.6.pris nullam uidetur actionem habere, cui... inanis actio est — The demonstrative `is` serves as the antecedent to the relative clause introduced by the dative relative pronoun `cui`. The clause `cui... inanis actio est` (literally, 'to whom there is an empty action') employs the dative of possession, meaning 'one who has a fruitless action.' The main verb `uidetur` is used personally with the subject `is` and the infinitive `habere`, meaning 'is deemed to have.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.3.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.3.6.pr

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