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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.19.2.pr

Lawful Acts Unaffected by Subsequent Offense

Passage 7104 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents the legal principle that a state or transaction rightly completed cannot be invalidated or altered by a subsequent offense.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §43.19.2.prnec enim corrumpi aut mutari, quod recte transactum est, superueniente delicto potest.
[PAULUS libro sexagensimo sexto ad edictum.] For that which has been rightly transacted cannot be corrupted or changed by a subsequent offense.

Notes

  1. §43.19.2.prquod recte transactum est — A relative clause with an omitted antecedent (such as id), functioning as the subject of the main verb "potest". Here, it refers to the legally established facts or acts, such as the "one year of lawful use" discussed in the preceding section (43.19.1.12).
  2. §43.19.2.prsuperueniente delicto — An ablative absolute consisting of the present participle superueniente (from superuenire, 'to supervene, happen subsequently') and the ablative singular of delictum ('offense, fault, unlawful act'). It expresses a cause or condition: 'by a subsequent offense supervening'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.19.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.19.2.pr

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