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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.2.3.pr

Plea of Res Judicata on Same Issue Between Same Parties

Passage 7216 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the application of the plea of res iudicata when the same issue is raised again between the same parties, Julian's view is cited using the relationship between claims for specific assets and the inheritance as a whole.

[IDEM libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §44.2.3.prIulianus libro tertio digestorum respondit exceptionem rei iudicatae obstare, quotiens eadem quaestio inter easdem personas reuocatur: et ideo et si singulis rebus petitis hereditatem petat uel contra, exceptione summouebitur.
[THE SAME, in the fifteenth book on the Edict.] Julian answered in the third book of the Digests that the exception of res iudicata stands in the way whenever the same question is brought up again between the same persons; and therefore, even if, after claiming individual things, a person claims the inheritance, or vice versa, he will be barred by the exception.

Notes

  1. §44.2.3.prexceptionem rei iudicatae obstare — An accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) construction acting as the object of the main verb `respondit` (answered), where the noun `exceptionem` (exception) is the subject accusative of the infinitive `obstare` (to stand in the way).
  2. §44.2.3.prsingulis rebus petitis — An ablative absolute construction with the perfect passive participle `petitis`, expressing a temporal relationship prior to the action of the main clause ("after individual things have been claimed").
  3. §44.2.3.pruel contra — An elliptical expression meaning "or vice versa", referring to the reverse order: claiming specific items (`singulas res petat`) after having already claimed the entire inheritance (`hereditate petita`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.2.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.2.3.pr

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