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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.1.27.pr

Liability of a Municipality for Loans Used for Its Benefit

Passage 1882 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that a municipality can be held liable under a loan contract only if the money was used for its benefit; otherwise, only the individuals who entered into the contract are liable.

[IDEM libro decimo ad edictum. ] §12.1.27.prCiuitas mutui datione obligari potest, si ad utilitatem eius pecuniae uersae sunt: alioquin ipsi soli qui contraxerunt, non ciuitas tenebuntur.
[THE SAME from the tenth book on the Edict.] A municipality can be obligated by the giving of a loan if the moneys have been applied to its benefit; otherwise, only those themselves who contracted will be liable, not the municipality.

Notes

  1. §12.1.27.prpecuniae uersae sunt — pecuniae is the nominative plural of the feminine noun pecunia, serving as the subject of the passive verb uersae sunt. The interposed genitive pronoun eius refers back to the preceding ciuitas, modifying utilitatem (for its utility).
  2. §12.1.27.prmutui datione — mutui is the genitive singular of the neuter noun mutuum (loan), functioning as an objective genitive dependent on datione (ablative singular of datio, giving/delivery), meaning 'by the giving of a loan'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.1.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.1.27.pr

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