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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.9.pr

Pleading an Exception Does Not Imply an Admission

Passage 7198 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the legal principle that a defendant who raises an exception is not thereby deemed to have admitted the plaintiff's claim.

[MARCELLUS libro tertio digestorum. ] §44.1.9.prNon utique existimatur confiteri de intentione aduersarii is quocum agitur, quia exceptione utitur.
[MARCELLUS in the third book of the Digests.] A person against whom an action is brought is not necessarily deemed to admit the claim of his adversary simply because he employs an exception.

Notes

  1. §44.1.9.pris quocum agitur — Literally 'he with whom the action is conducted', a standard Roman legal expression referring to the defendant.
  2. §44.1.9.printentione — The noun intentio refers to the part of the Roman formula that contains the plaintiff's claim or assertion.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.9.pr

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