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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.23.4.pr

Eligibility of Plaintiffs to Bring a Popular Action

Passage 8109 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that a popular action is permitted only to a person of unimpaired legal status, meaning someone who is allowed by the Edict to make claims before the court.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad edictum. ] §47.23.4.prPopularis actio integrae personae permittitur, hoc est cui per edictum postulare licet.
[PAULUS in the third book on the Edict.] A popular action is allowed to a person of unimpaired status, that is, one who is permitted by the Edict to bring a claim.

Notes

  1. §47.23.4.printegrae personae — Dative case. The adjective integer here means 'unimpaired' or 'blameless', referring to a person who has not lost their legal reputation (existimatio) and is not barred by the Edict from representing others or making claims in court (postulare).
  2. §47.23.4.prcui per edictum postulare licet — The relative pronoun cui is in the dative, with integrae personae as its antecedent. The impersonal verb licet takes a dative (cui) and an infinitive (postulare, meaning to make a claim or application in court), expressing 'who is permitted to make a representation'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.23.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.23.4.pr

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