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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.192.pr

Interpretation of the Addition 'Or More' in Sums

Passage 9006 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that the addition 'or more' does not imply an infinite amount of money but a moderate sum, so that a limitation like 'ten solidi or more' applies only to a very small amount.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo septimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.192.prHaec adiectio 'plurisue' non infinitam pecuniam continet, sed modicam, ut taxatio haec 'solidos decem plurisue' ad minutulam summam referatur.
[ULPIANUS, in the thirty-seventh book on the Edict.] This addition 'plurisue' does not contain an infinite amount of money, but a moderate one, so that this limitation 'ten solidi or more' is referred to a very small sum.

Notes

  1. §50.16.192.prtaxatio — Here, taxatio does not mean 'taxation,' but rather a 'limitation' or 'assessment' that sets a limit on a monetary amount in legal formulae.
  2. §50.16.192.prut ... referatur — The conjunction ut introduces a subjunctive clause of result, showing the logical consequence of the preceding interpretation, namely that the limitation applies only to a very small sum rather than an infinite one.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.192.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.192.pr

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