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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.10.pr

Principle of Bearing Burdens by the Beneficiary

Passage 9070 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the natural principle that the advantages of any matter should accrue to the person who must also bear its disadvantages.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §50.17.10.prSecundum naturam est commoda cuiusque rei eum sequi, quem sequentur incommoda.
[PAULUS, in his third book on Sabinus.] It is in accordance with nature that the advantages of any matter should follow him whom the disadvantages will follow.

Notes

  1. §50.17.10.prcommoda cuiusque rei eum sequi — This is an accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) construction, which functions as the subject of the impersonal expression Secundum naturam est.
  2. §50.17.10.preum sequi, quem sequentur incommoda — The deponent verb sequi and its future form sequentur take the accusative. The subjects are commoda and incommoda respectively, while the objects are eum and quem. Care must be taken not to misinterpret the subject-object relationship.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.10.pr

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