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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.2.4.pr

Scope of Persons Subject to the Defense of Res Judicata

Passage 7217 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text presents the principle that the exception of res iudicata tacitly includes all persons who have the standing or custom to bring a matter to court.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §44.2.4.prRei iudicatae exceptio tacite continere uidetur omnes personas, quae rem in iudicium deducere solent.
[THE SAME, in the seventy-second book on the Edict.] The exception of res iudicata seems to tacitly include all persons who are accustomed to bring a matter into court.

Notes

  1. §44.2.4.prcontinere uidetur — The passive form of uideo, "uidetur," is used with the infinitive "continere" in a personal construction meaning "seems to include" or "is understood to include." The subject is "Rei iudicatae exceptio" at the beginning of the sentence.
  2. §44.2.4.prrem in iudicium deducere — A technical legal idiom in Roman law meaning "to bring a matter into court" or "to initiate litigation." Here, "rem" (accusative of "res") refers broadly to the subject matter of the dispute or the legal claim, not just a physical thing.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.2.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.2.4.pr

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