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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.4.43.pr

Proof of Age for Majority and its Prejudicial Effect

Passage 745 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the age of a person claiming to be over twenty-five must be proven after inquiry, as this proof pre-judges the youth's restoration and other cases.

[MARCELLUS libro primo de officio praesidis. ] §4.4.43.prDe aetate eius, qui se maiorem annis uiginti quinque dicit, causa cognita probandum est, quia per eam probationem in integrum restitutioni eiusdem adulescentis et aliis causis praeiudicatur.
[MARCELLUS, in the first book on the Office of Governor.] Concerning the age of one who says that he is over twenty-five years old, proof must be made after due inquiry, because by that proof a prejudicial decision is made regarding the restoration to his original position of the same youth, as well as regarding other cases.

Notes

  1. §4.4.43.prcausa cognita — Ablative absolute. It indicates the legal requirement of "after due inquiry" or "judicial investigation of the case" (causa cognitio).
  2. §4.4.43.prpraeiudicatur — Impersonal passive of the intransitive verb praeiudicare, governing the datives restitutioni and causis. It means that this proof pre-judges (creates a binding precedent or prejudice for) the subsequent petition for restoration and other legal cases.
  3. §4.4.43.prannis uiginti quinque — Ablative of comparison, dependent on the comparative maiorem, meaning "than twenty-five years".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.4.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.4.43.pr

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