Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.94.pr

Principle That Superfluous Words Do Not Vitiate Documents

Passage 9154 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States the legal maxim that redundant or superfluous wording does not usually invalidate a written document.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo fideicommissorum. ] §50.17.94.prNon solent quae abundant uitiare scripturas.
[ULPIAN, from his second book on Trusts.] Redundant matters do not usually vitiate writings.

Notes

  1. §50.17.94.prquae abundant — A relative clause with its antecedent (such as the neuter plural pronoun ea) omitted, serving as the subject of the main verb solent. In a legal context, it refers to superfluous or redundant wording in a written document.
  2. §50.17.94.prnon solent ... uitiare — The verb solere (to be accustomed, usually) in the third-person plural present indicative (solent) is negated by non and governs the active infinitive uitiare (to vitiate, invalidate). Together, they mean "are not accustomed to vitiate" or "do not usually invalidate."

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.94.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.94.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.