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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.26.pr

Pronouncing Judgment in Accordance with Parties' Agreement

Passage 6878 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that if the litigants reach an agreement on the substance of the judgment to be pronounced, it is appropriate for the judge to render a decision in accordance with that agreement.

[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §42.1.26.prSi conuenerit inter litigatores, quid pronuntietur, non ab re erit iudicem huiusmodi sententiam proferre.
[ULPIANUS, in the seventy-seventh book on the Edict.] If an agreement has been reached between the litigants as to what should be pronounced, it will not be out of place for the judge to render a judgment of this kind.

Notes

  1. §42.1.26.prquid pronuntietur — The subjunctive present passive 'pronuntietur' forms an indirect question clause representing the subject of the agreement indicated by the impersonal 'conuenerit'. It carries a deliberative or hortatory nuance, meaning 'what should be pronounced'.
  2. §42.1.26.prnon ab re erit — The prepositional phrase 'ab re' (literally 'away from the matter/interest', meaning 'inappropriate' or 'useless') is negated by 'non', functioning as a litotes to mean 'not out of place' or 'appropriate'. The following accusative with infinitive clause ('iudicem ... proferre') serves as the subject of this impersonal expression.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.26.pr

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