[UENULEIUS libro secundo interdictorum. ] §43.24.2.prne in aliena potestate sit condicionem meam nihil delinquentis deteriorem facere.
Let it not be in the power of another to make the condition of me, who am committing no fault, worse.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.24.2.pr
Principle against Worsening an Innocent Party's Condition
Summary
States the legal principle that it should not be in the power of another to worsen the condition of someone who has committed no fault.
Notes
- §43.24.2.prne ... sit — A jussive/prohibitive subjunctive in an independent clause, expressing a legal maxim or principle: "let it not be..." or "it ought not to be...".
- §43.24.2.prmeam nihil delinquentis — The possessive adjective meam functions here with the force of the genitive of the personal pronoun (mei), with which the genitive singular present participle delinquentis agrees in apposition, meaning "of me, who am committing no fault."
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