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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.5.pr

Pleading the Exception of Oath alongside Other Defences

Passage 7194 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that a party who claims to have taken an oath can use other exceptions together with the exception of an oath, or use other exceptions alone, since the use of multiple defences is permitted.

[IDEM libro octauo decimo ad edictum. ] §44.1.5.prIs, qui dicit se iurasse, potest et aliis exceptionibus uti cum exceptione iurisiurandi uel aliis solis: pluribus enim defensionibus uti permittitur.
[THE SAME in the eighteenth book on the Edict.] He who says that he has taken an oath can use other exceptions as well along with the exception of an oath, or other exceptions alone; for it is permitted to use several defences.

Notes

  1. §44.1.5.prse iurasse — Accusative with infinitive construction serving as the object of dicit. The form iurasse is a contracted form of iurauisse (perfect active infinitive of iuro, "to swear"), representing an action prior to that of the main verb dicit.
  2. §44.1.5.praliis exceptionibus uti — Since the deponent verb utor (infinitive uti) governs the ablative case, the noun phrase aliis exceptionibus (as well as pluribus defensionibus in the latter part) is in the ablative.
  3. §44.1.5.praliis solis — The words aliis solis are in the ablative governed by uti. The structure contrasts "using other exceptions along with the exception of an oath (aliis exceptionibus uti cum exceptione iurisiurandi)" with "using only other exceptions [without the exception of an oath] ([aliis] solis [uti])".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.5.pr

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