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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.57.pr

Prohibition of Double Recovery under Good Faith

Passage 9117 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states that under the principle of good faith, it is not permitted for the same thing to be demanded twice.

[IDEM libro octauo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.17.57.prBona fides non patitur, ut bis idem exigatur.
[THE SAME, in his eighteenth book on the Provincial Edict.] Good faith does not allow that the same thing be demanded twice.

Notes

  1. §50.17.57.prnon patitur, ut... exigatur — The verb `patior` (to allow, tolerate) typically takes an accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction, but here it takes a noun clause introduced by `ut` with the subjunctive (passive `exigatur`), meaning 'does not allow that [something] be done.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.57.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.57.pr

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