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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.12.pr

Denial of Beneficial Action Against Colleague to Nominator

Passage 8655 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus states that the person who nominated a magistrate should not be granted a beneficial action against the colleague of the nominee.

[IDEM libro primo responsorum. ] §50.1.12.prEt ei contra nominati collegam actionem utilem dari non oportet.
[THE SAME, Opinions, Book I] And a beneficial action ought not to be granted to him against the colleague of the person nominated.

Notes

  1. §50.1.12.prei — The dative pronoun ei refers to the person who nominated the magistrate at his own risk mentioned in the preceding section (§50.1.11.1). It indicates that even if this person is sued first and pays, he is not entitled to a beneficial action (actio utilis) against the colleague of the nominee.
  2. §50.1.12.prnominati — The genitive singular of the perfect passive participle nominatus (the person nominated) used substantively, which modifies the following noun collegam (colleague).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.1.12.pr

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