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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.34.pr

Inclusion of Pursuit within the Term Action

Passage 8848 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that the legal term 'action' (actio) also encompasses 'pursuit' (persecutio) within its scope of meaning.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §50.16.34.pr'Actionis' uerbo etiam persecutio continetur.
[PAULUS, in the twenty-fourth book on the Edict.] In the word 'action', pursuit is also included.

Notes

  1. §50.16.34.prActionis uerbo — The genitive 'Actionis' is an appositive genitive (genitive of definition) modifying the ablative 'uerbo'. 'uerbo' functions as an ablative of specification or instrument, meaning 'in/by the word of "action"'.
  2. §50.16.34.prpersecutio — The subject of the passive verb 'continetur'. In Roman law, while 'actio' refers to ordinary civil law actions, 'persecutio' denotes extraordinary proceedings (cognitio extra ordinem) or the pursuit/recovery of rights in a broader sense.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.34.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.34.pr

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