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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.210.pr

Incurability of Initially Invalid Acts by Later Events

Passage 9270 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A legal principle is presented stating that an institution which was invalid from the beginning cannot be made valid by a subsequent event.

[LICINNIUS RUFINUS libro secundo regularum. ] §50.17.210.prQuae ab initio inutilis fuit institutio, ex postfacto conualescere non potest.
[LICINNIUS RUFINUS, in his second book of Rules.] An institution which was invalid from the beginning cannot become valid by a subsequent event.

Notes

  1. §50.17.210.prQuae ab initio inutilis fuit institutio — The antecedent noun `institutio` is incorporated into the relative clause with the relative adjective `quae`. This whole phrase functions as the subject of the main clause.
  2. §50.17.210.prex postfacto — An idiomatic phrase composed of the preposition `ex` and the ablative `facto` preceded by `post` (after), meaning "by a subsequent fact" or "retroactively."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.210.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.210.pr

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