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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.203.pr

Loss Caused by One's Own Fault Not Deemed a Loss

Passage 9263 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A fragment from Pomponius stating the principle that a loss suffered through one's own fault is not legally considered a loss.

[POMPONIUS libro octauo ad Quintum Mucium. ] §50.17.203.prQuod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit, non intellegitur damnum sentire.
[POMPONIUS, in his eighth book on Quintus Mucius.] As for the fact that someone suffers a loss through his own fault, he is not understood to suffer a loss.

Notes

  1. 50.17.203.prQuod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit — The conjunction `quod` introduces a clause of respect ("as to the fact that..."). The main verb `intellegitur` is used in a personal passive construction (Nominative with Infinitive), where the implied subject of the infinitive `sentire` is the indefinite pronoun `quis` (acting as `aliquis`) from the subordinate clause. Thus, the sentence means "He who suffers a loss through his own fault is not deemed to suffer a loss."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.203.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.203.pr

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