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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.81.pr

Scope of the Praetor's Order for Restoration

Passage 8895 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author discusses the scope of the praetor's order for restoration, stating that the word 'restoration' encompasses all benefits due to the plaintiff, including compensation for damage.

[IDEM libro decimo ad Plautium. ] §50.16.81.prCum praetor dicat 'ut opus factum restituatur', etiam damnum datum actor consequi debet: nam uerbo 'restitutionis' omnis utilitas actoris continetur.
[THE SAME, on Plautius, book 10.] When the praetor says 'that the work done be restored', the plaintiff must also obtain compensation for the damage caused; for in the word 'restoration' every benefit to the plaintiff is contained.

Notes

  1. §50.16.81.prut opus factum restituatur — A noun clause (indirect command) expressing the content of the verb dicat ('says', 'orders'), consisting of ut with the present subjunctive passive (restituatur). The subject is opus factum ('the work done').
  2. §50.16.81.prrestitutionis — A genitive of apposition (genitivus appositivus) modifying uerbo ('word', ablative singular), interpreted as 'the word of restoration' or 'the word "restoration"'.
  3. §50.16.81.practoris — A genitive modifying utilitas. It functions as a subjective genitive or genitive of possession/belonging, referring to the 'benefit' or 'advantage' to be enjoyed by the plaintiff (actor).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.81.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.81.pr

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