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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.23.3.pr-47.23.3.1

Plea of Res Judicata and Priority of Interested Parties

Passage 8108 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provisions the dismissal of repeated popular actions on the same ground by means of a plea of res judicata, and the prioritization of interested parties when multiple actions conflict.

[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum. ] §47.23.3.prSed si ex eadem causa saepius agatur, cum idem factum sit, exceptio uulgaris rei iudicatae opponitur.
[ULPIANUS in the first book on the Edict.] But if an action is brought repeatedly on the same cause, since the fact is the same, the ordinary plea of res judicata is opposed.
§47.23.3.1In popularibus actionibus is cuius interest praefertur.
In popular actions, the person who has an interest is preferred.

Notes

  1. 47.23.3.prcum idem factum sit — The conjunction `cum` expresses cause ("since") or circumstance ("when/while"). The noun `factum` means "fact" or "deed," referring here to the identical underlying factual situation of the lawsuit.
  2. 47.23.3.1cuius interest — The impersonal verb `interest` ("it concerns/matters to") takes the genitive of the person concerned. Here, `cuius` is the genitive of the relative pronoun referring back to `is`, meaning "he whose interest it is," i.e., "the interested party."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.23.3.pr-47.23.3.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.23.3.pr-47.23.3.1

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