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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.4.pr

Mistaken Blow to a Free Person and Lack of Intent

Passage 8003 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if someone, intending to strike their own slave, accidentally strikes a free person standing nearby, they are not liable for iniuriae due to the lack of intent.

[PAULUS libro quinquagesimo ad edictum. ] §47.10.4.prSi, cum seruo meo pugnum ducere uellem, in proximo te stantem inuitus percusserim, iniuriarum non teneor.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book fifty.] If, while I wished to aim a blow at my slave, I should involuntarily strike you who are standing nearby, I am not held liable for iniuriae.

Notes

  1. §47.10.4.prinuitus — The nominative adjective is used predicatively to describe the subject, functioning adverbially as "unintentionally" or "against one's will."
  2. §47.10.4.prpercusserim — Subjunctive perfect, used in the si clause to denote a hypothetical event or an accidental action viewed as completed.
  3. §47.10.4.prpugnum ducere — Literally "to guide a fist," an idiomatic expression meaning "to aim a blow" or "to strike."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.4.pr

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