[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §50.17.49.prAlterius circumuentio alii non praebet actionem.
[ULPIANUS, in his thirty-fifth book on the Edict.] The deception of one person does not afford an action to another.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.49.pr
No Action Given to Another for Deception
Summary
Ulpian states the principle of relativity in legal relations, asserting that the deception of one person does not grant a right of action to another.
Notes
- §50.17.49.pralterius — alterius (genitive singular of the pronoun alter) is a genitive qualifying the noun circumuentio (deception). It can be interpreted either as a subjective genitive ("the deception practiced by one person") or as an objective genitive ("the deception practiced upon one person"). In the legal context, it expresses the principle of relativity of legal relations: fraud or deception involving one party does not generate a cause of action (actionem) for an unrelated third party (alii).
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