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§2.14.56.pr

Owner's Agreement Not to Sue and Tenant's Right to Claim

Rules that even if an agreement for the owner not to make any claim against the tenant is supported by a just cause, the tenant is still permitted to make claims against the owner.

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[IDEM libro sexto ad Minicium.]

[THE SAME in the sixth book On Minicius.]

§2.14.56.pr

​Si conuenerit,1 ne dominus a colono quid peteret, et iusta causa conuentionis fuerit: nihilo minus2 colonus a domino petere potest.

​If it has been agreed that the owner should not make any claim against the tenant, and there was a just cause for the agreement: nevertheless, the tenant can make a claim against the owner.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.14.56.prconuenerit

    The future perfect indicative (or perfect subjunctive) of the impersonal verb conuenit, with the following ne-clause ('that the owner should not make any claim') functioning as its subject. The word quid is an indefinite pronoun equivalent to aliquid after the negative particle ne.

  2. 2.14.56.prnihilo minus

    An adverbial phrase meaning 'none the less' or 'nevertheless'. It corresponds to the conditional clauses, emphasizing that the conclusion of the main clause remains unaffected by those conditions.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.14.56.pr