- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
Gaius discusses the starting point of the one-year limitation period for cases where money is paid to prevent or induce a lawsuit, concluding that it should run from the moment the affected party learns of the payment.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, book 4]
Annus autem in personam quidem eius, qui dedit pecuniam ne secum ageretur, ex eo tempore cedit, ex quo dedit, si modo potestas ei fieret experiundi. in illius uero personam, cum quo ut agatur1 alius pecuniam dedit, dubitari potest, utrum ex die datae pecuniae2 numerari debeat, an potius ex quo cognouit datam esse: quia qui nescit, is uidetur experiundi potestatem non habere. et uerius est ex eo annum numerari, ex quo cognouit.
The year, however, in the case of the person indeed who paid money so that no action should be brought against him, runs from the time when he paid it, provided only that he has the opportunity of bringing an action. But in the case of the person, so that an action might be brought against whom another paid money, it can be doubted whether the year should be counted from the day the money was paid, or rather from when he knew that it had been paid; since he who does not know is deemed not to have the opportunity of bringing an action. And it is more correct that the year is counted from when he knew.
- 3.6.6.prcum quo ut agatur
The relative pronoun quo (referring to illius) combined with the preposition cum stands next to the conjunction ut introducing a purpose clause: "so that an action might be brought (agatur) against whom (cum quo)." agatur is a passive third-person singular verb used impersonally.
- 3.6.6.prex die datae pecuniae
The perfect participle datae modifies the noun pecuniae in a dominant participle construction (similar to the ab urbe condita construction). It is to be understood as "from the day of the payment of the money" (i.e., from the day on which the money was paid), rather than "from the day of the money which has been paid."