- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
It explains that if a creditor agrees to discharge the remainder of a debt on condition of partial payment by a certain day, the debtor is entitled to the defense of agreement, even though no action arises from it.
[IDEM libro undecimo responsorum.]
[THE SAME, Opinions, book 11]
'Intra illum diem debiti partem mihi si solueris, acceptum tibi residuum feram et te liberabo.' licet actionem non habet,1 pacti tamen exceptionem competere debitori constitit.2
’If you pay me part of the debt within that day, I will enter the remainder to your credit and free you.’ Although this does not give rise to an action, it is established that the defense of agreement is available to the debtor.
- 2.14.41.prlicet actionem non habet
The conjunction licet normally takes the subjunctive in classical Latin, but here it is used with the indicative habet to form a concessive clause ("although..."). The implied subject of habet is pactum (the agreement), meaning "although it does not give rise to an action."
- 2.14.41.prexceptionem competere debitori constitit
The impersonal verb constitit ("it is established") takes an accusative and infinitive (AcI) construction (exceptionem ... competere) as its subject. The verb competere means "to belong to" or "be available to," taking the dative debitori.