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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.21.pr

Time for Assessing Damages for Injury

Passage 8023 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states that the assessment of damages for injuries must be based on the time when the injury was committed, not when the judgment is rendered.

[IAUOLENUS libro nono epistularum. ] §47.10.21.prIniuriarum aestimatio non ad id tempus, quo iudicatur, sed ad id, quo facta est, referri debet.
[JAVOLENUS in the ninth book of Letters] The estimation of injuries ought to be referred not to the time when judgment is given, but to that when the injury was committed.

Notes

  1. §47.10.21.priniuriarum aestimatio — The plural genitive `iniuriarum` functions as an objective genitive dependent on the noun `aestimatio`, meaning "the assessment of (damages for) injuries."
  2. §47.10.21.prfacta est — The subject of `facta est` is omitted, but the feminine singular form of the perfect participle `facta` indicates that the singular noun `iniuria` (injury), implied from the preceding plural genitive `iniuriarum`, is the subject.
  3. §47.10.21.prreferri debet — The passive infinitive `referri` depends on the verb `debere` (ought to/must). Combined as `referre ad`, it means "to refer to" or "to be based on," indicating the temporal point of reference for the valuation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.21.pr

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