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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.68.pr

Privileges Based on Personal Status Versus Nature of Action

Passage 9128 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the principle that while a privilege granted based on a person's status ceases when that status ends, a relief required by the nature of an action remains valid regardless of to whom the right is transferred.

[PAULUS libro singulari de dotis repetitione. ] §50.17.68.prIn omnibus causis id obseruatur, ut, ubi personae condicio locum facit beneficio, ibi deficiente ea beneficium quoque deficiat, ubi uero genus actionis id desiderat, ibi ad quemuis persecutio eius deuenerit, non deficiat ratio auxilii.
[PAULUS, in his single book on the Recovery of Dowry.] In all cases this rule is observed, namely: that where the status of a person gives occasion for a privilege, there, when that status ceases, the privilege also ceases; but where the nature of the action requires this, there, to whomever its pursuit may devolve, the ground of relief is not lost.

Notes

  1. §50.17.68.prid obseruatur, ut — An appositive (explanatory) construction where the pronoun 'id' is expanded by the 'ut' clause (containing subjunctive presents 'deficiat' and 'non deficiat'). This is a common formula for stating legal rules or general principles.
  2. §50.17.68.prdeficiente ea — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle 'deficiente' and the demonstrative pronoun 'ea' (feminine singular ablative). In this context, 'ea' refers back to the feminine noun 'condicio' (or 'persona'), expressing a condition or cause ('that status ceasing' / 'upon its failure').

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