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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.31.pr

Valuation of Injury to a Son Based on His Dignity

Passage 8033 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains why the valuation of an injury to a son can differ from that of his father, as a greater injury may have been committed against the son himself, depending on his dignity.

[PAULUS libro decimo ad Sabinum. ] §47.10.31.prcum possit propter filii dignitatem maior ipsi quam patri iniuria facta esse.
[PAULUS in the tenth book on Sabinus.] since it is possible that, on account of the dignity of the son, a greater injury has been done to him himself than to his father.

Notes

  1. §47.10.31.prcum possit ... facta esse — The conjunction `cum` expresses cause and governs the subjunctive present `possit`. `possit` takes the perfect passive infinitive `facta esse` (from `facio`), meaning "it is possible that [a greater injury] has been done." The subject is `maior ... iniuria`.
  2. §47.10.31.pripsi — Dative singular of the intensive pronoun `ipse`, referring in this context to the `filius` (son). It means "to himself" and is contrasted with `patri` (to the father) after `quam` (than).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.31.pr

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