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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.2.16.pr

Inapplicability of the Res Judicata Plea for Defeated Parties

Passage 7229 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the injustice of allowing the exception of res judicata to benefit a party against whom the judgment was rendered.

[IULIANUS libro quinquagensimo primo digestorum. ] §44.2.16.prEuidenter enim iniquissimum est proficere rei iudicatae exceptionem ei, contra quem iudicatum est.
[JULIANUS, digest, book fifty-one.] For it is evidently most unjust that the exception of res judicata should benefit him against whom the judgment was given.

Notes

  1. §44.2.16.prproficere rei iudicatae exceptionem ei, contra quem iudicatum est — The intransitive verb `proficere` forms an accusative and infinitive construction with the accusative `exceptionem` as its subject, serving as the subject clause for the main predicate `iniquissimum est`. The dative `ei` is a dative of advantage ("to benefit him"). The verb `iudicatum est` in the relative clause is an impersonal passive, literally meaning "judgment was rendered (against someone)," which refers to the losing party in the lawsuit.

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