- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-30
It is stated that even if a pledge is returned to the debtor, the debt itself can still be demanded as long as the money is unpaid, unless a contrary agreement is specifically proven.
[MODESTINUS libro tertio regularum.]
[MODESTINUS, Rules, book 3]
Postquam pignus uero debitori reddatur,1 si pecunia soluta non fuerit, debitum peti posse dubium non est,2 nisi specialiter contrarium actum esse probetur.
But after a pledge is returned to the debtor, if the money has not been paid, there is no doubt that the debt can be demanded, unless it is specifically proved that the contrary was agreed.
- 2.14.3.prPostquam ... reddatur
The clause postquam with the subjunctive present reddatur. While classical Latin typically uses the indicative with postquam, legal and later Latin often employ the subjunctive to describe hypothetical or general situations. Here, it introduces the general situation of the 'return of a pledge' in contrast (uero) to the 'return of a caution' in the previous section.
- 2.14.3.prdebitum peti posse dubium non est
The construction where dubium non est (there is no doubt) is followed by an accusative with infinitive clause (debitum peti posse) instead of the classical quin with subjunctive. This usage is characteristic of post-classical and legal Latin.