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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.132.pr

Equating Lack of Skill with Negligence

Passage 9192 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius states the rule that a lack of skill (imperitia) is legally classified and treated as negligence (culpa).

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.17.132.prImperitia culpae adnumeratur.
[GAIUS, in the seventh book on the provincial edict.] Lack of skill is reckoned as negligence.

Notes

  1. §50.17.132.prculpae — A dative case governed by the passive verb adnumeratur, indicating that 'lack of skill' is classified under or reckoned as 'negligence'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.132.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.132.pr

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