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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.79.pr

Consideration of Outcome and Intent in Determining Fraud

Passage 9139 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment establishes the principle in civil law that the interpretation or determination of fraud must always be based not merely on the actual outcome but also on the subjective intent.

[IDEM libro trigensimo secundo quaestionum. ] §50.17.79.prFraudis interpretatio semper in iure ciuili non ex euentu dumtaxat, sed ex consilio quoque desideratur.
[THE SAME, from his thirty-second book of Questions.] In civil law, the interpretation of fraud is always required to depend not on the outcome alone, but also on the intent.

Notes

  1. §50.17.79.prFraudis interpretatio — The genitive fraudis functions as an objective genitive with the noun interpretatio, meaning 'the interpretation or determination of what constitutes fraud'.
  2. §50.17.79.prnon ex euentu dumtaxat, sed ex consilio quoque — The restrictive adverb dumtaxat ('merely, only') modifies ex euentu ('from the outcome'), while the additive quoque ('also') modifies ex consilio ('from the intent'). This highlights the contrast between objective results and subjective intent in defining fraud.

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