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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.54.pr-42.1.54.1

Exemptions from Peremptory Edicts and Contumacy

Passage 6906 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section outlines the non-applicability of a peremptory edict to undefended wards, public absentees, and minors, and the exemption from contumacy for those summoned to a higher court who abandon a lower suit.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §42.1.54.prContra pupillum indefensum eumque, qui rei publicae causa abest, uel minorem uiginti quinque annis propositum peremptorium nihil momenti habet.
[PAULUS, in the first book of Sentences.] Against an undefended ward, or one who is absent on public business, or a person under twenty-five years of age, a peremptory edict issued has no effect.
Is, qui §42.1.54.1ad maius auditorium uocatus est, si litem inchoatam deseruit, contumax non uidetur.
He who has been summoned to a higher court, if he abandons a suit already begun, is not considered contumacious.

Notes

  1. §42.1.54.prnihil momenti — 'Has no effect.' The noun momenti is a partitive genitive depending on the neuter pronoun nihil (literally, 'nothing of importance/weight'), functioning as the direct object of habet to mean having no force or effect.
  2. §42.1.54.prminorem uiginti quinque annis — 'A person under twenty-five years of age.' The phrase uiginti quinque annis is an ablative of comparison depending on the comparative adjective minorem.
  3. §42.1.54.prIs, qui — The subject pronoun Is and the relative pronoun qui cross the section marker §42.1.54.1 and connect to the following relative clause starting with uocatus est. They must be read as a single syntactic unit despite the structural break in the text.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.54.pr-42.1.54.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.54.pr-42.1.54.1

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