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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.22.pr-44.1.22.1

Definitions and Relationship of Exception and Replication

Passage 7211 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus presents the legal definitions of "exceptio" (exception) and "replicatio" (replication), explaining their respective functions and mutual relationship.

[PAULUS libro singulari de uariis lectionibus. ] §44.1.22.prExceptio est condicio, quae modo eximit reum damnatione, modo minuit damnationem.
[PAULUS, single book on Various Readings.] An exception is a condition which sometimes exempts the defendant from condemnation, and sometimes reduces the condemnation.
§44.1.22.1Replicatio est contraria exceptio, quasi exceptionis exceptio.
A replication is a contrary exception, as it were an exception to an exception.

Notes

  1. §44.1.22.prdamnatione — An ablative of separation governed by the verb eximit ("exempts"), indicating that from which the defendant (reum) is freed (from condemnation).
  2. §44.1.22.prmodo ... modo — Correlative adverbs meaning "at one time... at another..." or "sometimes... sometimes...", contrasting the two different effects of an exception (complete exemption and reduction).
  3. §44.1.22.1exceptionis exceptio — The genitive exceptionis modifies the noun exceptio, metaphorically expressing an opposing or nested relationship as "an exception to an exception."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.22.pr-44.1.22.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.22.pr-44.1.22.1

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