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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.1.pr

The Defendant Acting as Plaintiff in Raising a Plea

Passage 7190 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a defendant who raises an exception (plea) is deemed to act as a plaintiff in that respect.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto ad edictum. ] §44.1.1.prAgere etiam is uidetur, qui exceptione utitur: nam reus in exceptione actor est.
[ULPIANUS in the fourth book on the Edict.] He also is deemed to sue who makes use of an exception; for the defendant in an exception is a plaintiff.

Notes

  1. §44.1.1.pruidetur — The passive form of `video`, here used with the subject `is` and the infinitive `agere` to express a legal presumption or determination ("is deemed to", "is considered to").
  2. §44.1.1.prexceptione — Ablative case, functioning as the object of the deponent verb `utor` (`utitur`) which governs the ablative. In Roman law, `exceptio` (exception/plea) refers to a defense raised by the defendant to bar the plaintiff's claim.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.1.pr

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