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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.1.10.pr

Conversion of a Deposit with Right of Use into a Loan

Passage 1865 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses that if use is permitted at the time of deposit, the money is not considered loaned until it is actually moved, since the debt remains uncertain.

[IDEM libro secundo ad edictum. ] §12.1.10.prQuod si ab initio, cum deponerem, uti tibi si uoles permisero, creditam non esse antequam mota sit, quoniam debitu iri non est certum.
[THE SAME, On the Edict, book 2] But if from the beginning, when I made the deposit, I permitted you to use it if you wished, [it is held] that the money is not loaned before it is moved, because it is not certain that it will be owed.

Notes

  1. §12.1.10.prcreditam non esse — This is an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction, but the governing verb of the main clause (such as 'it is held' or 'it is said') is omitted, continuing the flow of opinions from the preceding section (9.9). 'creditam' agrees with an implied feminine noun 'pecuniam' (money).
  2. §12.1.10.prdebitu iri — A scribal variant or misspelling of 'debitum iri', the future passive infinitive of 'debere' used impersonally. It means 'that it will be owed' or 'that a debt will arise', indicating that whether a repayment obligation as a loan will arise in the future remains uncertain until the deposited object is actually moved.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.1.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.1.10.pr

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