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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.13.pr

Inapplicability of Prejudicial Exception after Main Suit

Passage 7202 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains why a prejudicial exception is not applicable when individual items of an inheritance are claimed after issue has been joined in the main suit regarding the inheritance.

[IULIANUS libro quinquagensimo digestorum. ] §44.1.13.prSi post litem de hereditate contestatam res singulae petantur, placet non obstare exceptionem 'quod praeiudicium hereditati non fiat': futuri enim iudicii, non facti nomine huiusmodi exceptiones comparatae sunt.
[JULIAN in the fiftieth book of the Digests.] If, after joinder of issue in a suit concerning an inheritance, individual things are claimed, it is held that the exception 'that no prejudice be created to the inheritance' does not stand in the way; for exceptions of this kind have been established on account of a future trial, not of one already commenced.

Notes

  1. §44.1.13.prpost litem de hereditate contestatam — The combination of the preposition post with the noun and participle (the so-called ab urbe condita construction) referring to the litis contestatio (joinder of issue).
  2. §44.1.13.prquod praeiudicium hereditati non fiat — A quod clause expressing the content of the exceptio (exception). The present subjunctive fiat is used, conveying the purpose or concern of preventing a prejudicial effect.
  3. §44.1.13.prfuturi enim iudicii, non facti — facti is the genitive singular neuter of the perfect participle factus (used substantively), contrasted with futuri iudicii (a trial to be held in the future) and meaning 'a trial already commenced (established)'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.13.pr

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