[PAPINIANUS libro primo quaestionum. ] §50.17.74.prNon debet alteri per alterum iniqua condicio inferri.
[PAPINIANUS, from his first book of Questions.] An unfair condition ought not to be brought upon one person through another.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.74.pr
Prohibition of Detriment Imposed Through Another
Summary
A legal maxim by Papinianus stating that an unfair condition or disadvantageous position should not be imposed on one person through the agency or action of another.
Notes
- §50.17.74.pralteri per alterum — A correlative use of the pronoun alter. The dative alteri ('to one person') is contrasted with the prepositional phrase per alterum ('through another person'), indicating a context where one person's actions (such as agency) must not cause disadvantage to another.
- §50.17.74.priniqua condicio inferri — A passive construction where the feminine singular subject iniqua condicio ('an unfair condition/disadvantage') is combined with the auxiliary verb debet ('ought') and the present passive infinitive inferri ('to be brought upon') of the transitive verb infero.
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