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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.6.4.pr

Perpetual Nature of the Action Against a Surveyor

Passage 1800 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that the action against a surveyor is perpetual because its origin lies not in the defrauding (delict) but in the undertaking of the business (contract-like relationship).

[PAULUS libro uicensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §11.6.4.prHaec actio perpetua est, quia initium rei non ad circumscriptionem, sed a suscepto negotio originem accipit.
[PAUL, from the twenty-fifth book on the Edict.] This action is perpetual, because the beginning of the matter does not relate to the defrauding, but takes its origin from the undertaking of the business.

Notes

  1. §11.6.4.prnon ad circumscriptionem, sed a suscepto negotio originem accipit — The prepositional structure is asymmetrical: `non ad circumscriptionem` (not relating to/directed at the defrauding) contrasts with `sed a suscepto negotio originem accipit` (but takes its origin from the undertaking of the business). The former implies an ellipsis of a verb like `pertinet` or serves as an attributive modifier of `initium`, while the latter directly depends on `originem accipit`. This contrast legally establishes that the action is perpetual (contract-like) rather than limited to one year (delict-like).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.6.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.6.4.pr

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