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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.14.pr

Revocation of Praetorian Orders and Finality of Judgments

Passage 6865 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text states that while orders or prohibitions issued by a praetor can be revoked by a contrary command, this does not apply to judgments, for which the contrary rule holds.

[IDEM libro uicensimo quinto digestorum. ] §42.1.14.prQuod iussit uetuitue praetor, contrario imperio tollere et remittere licet: de sententiis contra.
[THE SAME in the twenty-fifth book of the Digests.] What a praetor has ordered or forbidden may be revoked and remitted by a contrary command; with respect to judgments, the contrary is true.

Notes

  1. §42.1.14.prcontrario imperio — An ablative of means or ground, meaning 'by a contrary command' or 'by contrary power'. It refers to the fact that administrative measures (iussum, uetitum) based on the praetor's power (imperium) can be revoked by a subsequent equivalent power of the same or a succeeding magistrate.
  2. §42.1.14.prde sententiis contra — The phrase contains an ellipsis of the verb. In contrast to the preceding clause stating that what is ordered or forbidden 'may be revoked or remitted' (tollere et remittere licet), with respect to judgments (sententiae), 'the contrary' is true, meaning that they cannot be revoked or remitted (non licet).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.14.pr

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