Infortiate, n. Law. rare.
(ɪnˈfɔːʃɪət)
[ad. med.L. infortiātum enforced, strengthened, pa. pple. neut. (used subst.) of infortiāre to strengthen, enforce. Cf. F. infortiat (Littré).]
The middle portion of the Pandects of Justinian, extending from Book xxiv, title 3, to the end of Book xxxviii.
In explanation of the title, Savigny supposes that the Pandects, while known only in imperfect copies, were divided into Digestum vetus, Tres partes (a fragment so called from its opening words) and Digestum novum. When the missing portion was recovered, it filled the gap between Digestum vetus and Tres partes, the latter of which has since been reckoned a part of the Infortiatum.
| 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 14 The Institutis, Digestis, and Angelus, The Inforciat, and Panormitanus. 1883 Wharton's Law Lexicon s.v. Pandects, That glossator [Odofredus]..informs us, that they had not the Infortiate which was at Rome. |