- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
This section explains that the amount of liability for which a surety is held is equal to the value of the matter in dispute, even when the principal action is for double, triple, or quadruple the amount.
[GAIUS libro primo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, in the first book on the Provincial Edict.]
Siue in duplum est actio siue tripli aut quadrupli,1 tanti2 eundem fideiussorem omnimodo teneri dicimus, quia tanti res esse intellegitur.
Whether the action is for double, or triple, or quadruple the amount, we say that the same surety is liable in any case for just so much, because the matter is understood to be worth just so much.
- 2.8.3.prin duplum est actio siue tripli aut quadrupli
Within the same disjunctive conditional construction (siue ... siue), different grammatical structures are coordinated: in duplum (preposition with accusative) for double, and tripli and quadrupli (genitives of value) for triple and quadruple. They function equivalently in specifying the multiplier of the claim in the action.
- 2.8.3.prtanti
A genitive of value. In the main clause (tanti... teneri), it indicates the scope of liability ("to be held liable for just so much"), whereas in the causal clause (tanti res esse), it denotes the substantial evaluation ("the matter is understood to be worth just so much").