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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.3.12.pr

Continued Liability of the Wrongdoer after Return of Property

Passage 1782 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that the defendant remains legally liable even after the misappropriated or damaged property has been returned.

[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum. ] §11.3.12.prquia manet reus obligatus etiam rebus redditis.
[PAULUS, from the nineteenth book on the Edict.] because the defendant remains liable even after the property has been returned.

Notes

  1. §11.3.12.prrebus redditis — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun res (property, things) and the perfect passive participle of reddere (to return) in the ablative plural. Accompanied by the preceding adverb etiam (even), it functions with concessive force, meaning "even after the property has been returned."
  2. §11.3.12.prmanet reus obligatus — The verb manere (to remain) is used with a nominative predicate. Here, the subject noun reus (defendant, obligor) is combined with the perfect passive participle obligatus (bound, liable) as a predicate nominative, indicating the continuation of a state: "the defendant remains bound/liable."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.3.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.3.12.pr

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