[POMPONIUS libro quinto ex Plautio. ] §42.1.9.prFurioso sententia a iudice uel ab arbitro dici non potest.
[POMPONIUS in the fifth book from Plautius.] A judgment cannot be pronounced against an insane person by a judge or an arbitrator.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.9.pr
Prohibition of Judgment against an Insane Person
Summary
States the legal principle that a judgment cannot be pronounced against an insane person by a judge or an arbitrator.
Notes
- §42.1.9.prfurioso — Substantive use of the dative singular masculine of the adjective *furiosus* (insane, mad), functioning as the dative of disadvantage or reference with *sententia dici*.
- §42.1.9.prdici non potest — *dici* is the present passive infinitive of *dico* (to say, pronounce), complementing the modal verb *potest* (is able) to express passive capability ('cannot be pronounced') with *sententia* (judgment) as the subject.
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