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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.102.pr

Distinction Between Partial and Total Repeal of a Law

Passage 8916 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage defines and distinguishes between the partial repeal (derogation) and the total repeal (abrogation) of a law.

[IDEM libro septimo regularum. ] §50.16.102.pr'Derogatur' legi aut 'abrogatur'.
[THE SAME, Rules, book 7.] There is 'derogation' from a law or 'abrogation'.
derogatur legi, cum pars detrahitur: abrogatur legi, cum prorsus tollitur.
There is derogation from a law when a part is removed; there is abrogation of a law when it is completely abolished.

Notes

  1. §50.16.102.prDerogatur legi — Impersonal passive construction of the intransitive verb derogare, which governs the dative (here, legi). Since verbs governing the dative cannot be used personally in the passive, they are used impersonally in the third person singular while retaining the dative. The same applies to abrogatur legi.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.102.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.102.pr

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