Chapter 10 The ‘status’ ambiguitas

In: The Regula as a Rhetorical Device in Roman Law
Authors:
Olga Tellegen-Couperus
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Pages:
129–149
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004711020_011

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Abstract

The status ambiguitas turns on the question of how the meaning of a law or a legal document must be construed when the wording admits of two interpretations. In such a case, Cicero advised to adopt the more useful, honourable, or compelling view, and that is what Pomponius, Julian, and Marcellus do in D. 50.17.20, 64, and 192.1 respectively.

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Series:  Legal History Library, Volume: 71
Cover The <i>Regula</i> as a Rhetorical Device in Roman Law
E-Book ISBN:
9789004711020
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff
Print Publication Date:
26 Nov 2024

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