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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.108.pr

Relief Based on Youth and Ignorance in Penal Actions

Passage 9168 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A general principle stating that in penal actions, legal relief is granted in consideration of the defendant's youth (age) and lack of discretion (ignorance).

[PAULUS libro quarto ad edictum. ] §50.17.108.prFere in omnibus poenalibus iudiciis et aetati et imprudentiae succurritur.
[PAULUS in the fourth book on the edict.]\n\nIn almost all penal judgments, relief is granted both to age and to ignorance.

Notes

  1. §50.17.108.prsuccurritur — Impersonal passive of the intransitive verb succurrere (to run to help, relieve), which governs the dative. The coordinate datives et aetati et imprudentiae are retained as its objects, meaning "relief is granted to both..."
  2. §50.17.108.praetati — Dative singular of aetas (age). In this legal context, it specifically denotes youth or minority, indicating that the lack of discretion due to young age is a ground for legal relief.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.108.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.108.pr

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