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§9.3.4.pr

Discharge by Payment and Contribution among Co-occupants

Following Ulpian's view, Paulus adds that the release of co-occupants occurs by the actual receipt of payment rather than by joinder of issue, and that the paying party can seek contribution from the others.

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[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum.]

[PAULUS in the nineteenth book on the Edict.]

§9.3.4.pr

​perceptione, non litis contestatione,1 praestaturi2 partem damni societatis iudicio uel utili actione ei qui soluit.

[This release occurs] by receipt [of payment], not by joinder of issue; and [the others] are to make good their share of the damage, by the action of partnership or by an actio utilis, to the one who paid.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 9.3.4.prperceptione, non litis contestatione

    Ablatives of means or cause modifying the verb liberabuntur (will be released) in the preceding fragment (D. 9.3.3.pr). It means that the release of other inhabitants occurs by the actual receipt of the payment, not by the mere joinder of issue (litis contestatio).

  2. 9.3.4.prpraestaturi

    A future active participle in the nominative plural, agreeing with the implied subject ceteri (the others). The copula sunt is omitted, expressing an obligation or expectation that they must make good their share of the loss.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:9.3.4.pr