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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.8.1.pr

Nature of Arbitration and the Purpose of Ending Disputes

Passage 822 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that an agreement to arbitrate is structured similarly to judicial trials and aims to resolve disputes.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §4.8.1.prCompromissum ad similitudinem iudiciorum redigitur et ad finiendas lites pertinet.
[PAULUS in his second book on the Edict.] An agreement to arbitrate is brought into conformity with the likeness of judicial trials, and pertains to the ending of disputes.

Notes

  1. §4.8.1.prredigitur — The third-person singular present passive indicative of the verb redigere (to bring back, to reduce). The construction redigere ad + accusative means 'to bring or reduce the subject to a state of'. Here, it indicates that the subject, compromissum (agreement to arbitrate), is structured or brought into conformity with the similitudo (likeness) of iudicia (judicial trials).
  2. §4.8.1.prad finiendas lites — A expression of purpose consisting of the preposition ad and the gerundive. The gerundive finiendas agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun lites (plural accusative), meaning 'for the purpose of ending disputes'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.8.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.8.1.pr

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