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Liability of Sureties when Security Precedes Mandate

Ulpianus cites the opinion of Iulianus, stating that even if a party accepted security with the intention of claiming land prior to receiving a mandate, and subsequently brought the action based on that mandate, the sureties remain liable.

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[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo quinto ad edictum.]

[ULPIANUS, in the seventy-fifth book on the Edict.]

§2.8.11.pr

​Iulianus ait, si antequam mandarem tibi ut fundum peteres, satis acceperis petiturus fundum1 et postea mandatu meo agere institueris, fideiussores teneri.2

​Iulianus says that if, before I mandated you to claim the land, you had accepted security, intending to claim the land, and afterwards by my mandate you began to bring the action, the sureties are bound.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.8.11.prpetiturus fundum

    The future active participle petiturus expresses intention or purpose ('intending to claim the land'). It is in the nominative case, agreeing with the subject of the conditional clause (second-person singular, the subject of acceperis).

  2. 2.8.11.prfideiussores teneri

    This is an accusative and infinitive construction (A.C.I.) governed by the main verb ait ('Iulianus says'), functioning as the conclusion of the conditional clause (si...) to state that 'the sureties are bound'.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.8.11.pr