- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.14.43.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
This section states the general obligations of the parties in a contract of sale, noting that any special exception agreed upon during contracting must be observed.
[PAULUS libro quinto quaestionum.]
[PAULUS, Questions, book 5]
In emptionibus scimus, quid praestare debitor1 debeat quidque ex contrario emptor: quod si in contrahendo aliquid exceptum fuerit,2 id seruari debebit.
In sales we know what the debtor ought to perform and, on the contrary, what the buyer ought to perform; but if in contracting anything has been excepted, it must be observed.
- 2.14.43.prdebitor
In the context of a contract of sale (emptio venditio), which is a bilateral contract, the 'seller' (venditor) who bears the obligation to deliver the thing is referred to here as the 'debtor' (debitor). Although the 'buyer' (emptor) also owes the price, the seller is designated as the debtor to contrast with the buyer.
- 2.14.43.prexceptum fuerit
The passive perfect (or future perfect) of the verb excipere (to except). In the context of contracting (in contrahendo), it refers to 'making an exception' or 'agreeing on a special term' that departs from the standard legal consequences or normal terms of the contract.