[IDEM libro quarto decimo ad Plautium. ] §44.1.8.prNemo prohibetur pluribus exceptionibus uti, quamuis diuersae sunt.
[THE SAME in the fourteenth book on Plautius.] No one is prohibited from using several exceptions, even though they are different.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.8.pr
Admissibility of Pleading Multiple Different Exceptions
Summary
Paulus states the principle that a party is not prohibited from raising multiple exceptions, even if they are different from each other.
Notes
- §44.1.8.prpluribus exceptionibus uti — The infinitive uti of the deponent verb utor (to use) governs the ablative case, hence pluribus exceptionibus is in the ablative. It forms an objective infinitive construction with the passive main verb prohibetur ('is prohibited from using').
- §44.1.8.prquamuis diuersae sunt — The conjunction quamuis (although) usually takes the subjunctive mood in classical prose, but here it is used with the indicative sunt. This is a common feature in post-classical and juristic Latin, expressing a concession of an actual fact.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.8.pr
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