[PAULUS libro primo manualium. ] §50.16.226.prMagna neglegentia culpa est: magna culpa dolus est.
[PAULUS, in the first book of Manuals.] Great negligence is fault; great fault is intent.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.226.pr
Definition of Gross Negligence as Fault and Intent
Summary
Paulus provides a concise definition of the relationship between negligence, fault, and intent, stating that great negligence constitutes fault and great fault is equivalent to intent.
Notes
- §50.16.226.prmagna culpa dolus est — The assertion "great fault is intent" does not mean that gross fault (magna culpa) and willful intent (dolus) are factually identical. Rather, it expresses the legal principle that in terms of liability, gross fault is treated as equivalent to intent.
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