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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.36.pr

Culpa Constituted by Meddling in Another's Affairs

Passage 9096 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states the principle that meddling in matters that do not concern oneself constitutes a legal "fault" (culpa).

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo septimo ad Sabinum. ] §50.17.36.prCulpa est immiscere se rei ad se non pertinenti.
[POMPONIUS, in his twenty-seventh book on Sabinus.] It is a fault to meddle with a matter that does not concern oneself.

Notes

  1. 50.17.36.primmiscere se — The active infinitive immiscere with the accusative reflexive pronoun se functions substantively as the subject of culpa est (meaning "to meddle/intrude oneself is a fault").
  2. 50.17.36.prad se non pertinenti — The present participle pertinenti (dative singular, agreeing with rei which is governed by immiscere) modifies rei together with the prepositional phrase ad se. The reflexive pronoun se refers to the logical agent of the meddling.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.36.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.36.pr

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