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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.230.pr

Matters Considered Settled or Terminated

Passage 9044 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author provides concrete examples of matters settled or ended, which include those terminated by judicial decision, settled by compromise, or ended by the silence of a longer period of time.

[IDEM libro singulari ad senatus consultum Orfitianum. ] §50.16.230.prut sunt iudicio terminata, transactione composita, longioris temporis silentio finita.
[THE SAME, in the single book on the Senatus Consultum Orfitianum.] such as those terminated by a judicial decision, settled by a compromise, or ended by the silence of a longer period of time.

Notes

  1. §50.16.230.prut sunt — The conjunction ut with the indicative sunt functions here to introduce concrete examples or categories ('such as', 'as for example') of the terms discussed in the preceding fragment (229.pr). The subject of sunt is the neuter plural referring back to the items previously mentioned.
  2. §50.16.230.prlongioris temporis silentio — The comparative adjective longioris (genitive modifying temporis) carries the nuance of 'rather long' or 'a longer-than-usual period'. silentio is an ablative of means, referring to the absence of legal claims or action (silence, inaction), which underlies concepts of prescription.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.230.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.230.pr

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