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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.1.pr

Definition of Res Iudicata and Judicial Resolution

Passage 6852 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Definition of res iudicata by Modestinus. It is defined as a matter that receives an end to controversies by the judge's pronouncement, which occurs either through condemnation or absolution.

[MODESTINUS libro septimo pandectarum. ] §42.1.1.prRes iudicata dicitur, quae finem controuersiarum pronuntiatione iudicis accipit: quod uel condemnatione uel absolutione contingit.
[MODESTINUS, in the seventh book of the Pandects.] A matter is said to be res iudicata when it receives an end to controversies by the pronouncement of a judge; which happens either by condemnation or by absolution.

Notes

  1. §42.1.1.prquod — Relative pronoun in the neuter nominative singular. Its antecedent is not a specific noun, but the entire preceding event expressed by `quae finem controuersiarum... accipit` ('the receiving of an end to controversies'). This is a relative clause referring to an entire preceding proposition.

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