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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.28.pr

Injury Action as an Asset before Joinder of Issue

Passage 8030 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that an action for injuries is not counted as part of one's assets before issue is joined.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §47.10.28.prIniuriarum actio in bonis nostris non computatur, antequam litem contestemur.
[ULPIANUS in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] An action for injuries is not computed in our assets before we join issue.

Notes

  1. §47.10.28.prlitem contestemur — Present subjunctive. The subjunctive is used in the clause introduced by antequam to denote a future conditional or anticipated action. The phrase litem contestari refers to 'joining issue' (litis contestatio) in Roman legal procedure.
  2. §47.10.28.prin bonis nostris — Preposition in followed by the ablative. The noun bona (neuter plural) is used in a legal sense to mean 'assets' or 'property'.

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