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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.184.pr

Groundless Fear as No Justification for Non-Performance

Passage 9244 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A legal maxim by Celsus stating that groundless or irrational fear cannot serve as a valid excuse for non-performance or liability.

[CELSUS libro septimo digestorum. ] §50.17.184.prUani timoris iusta excusatio non est.
[CELSUS, in the seventh book of the Digests.] There is no valid excuse for groundless fear.

Notes

  1. §50.17.184.pruani timoris — This is an objective genitive modifying the noun 'excusatio', meaning 'an excuse for (or on the grounds of) groundless fear'. It establishes the principle that purely subjective or irrational fear does not constitute a valid justification ('iusta excusatio') to escape legal obligations or liability.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.184.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.184.pr

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