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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.19.pr

Tendering of an Oath Beyond an Agent's Mandate

Passage 1916 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is pointed out that if a procurator mandated to sue instead tenders an oath, he acts beyond the scope of his mandate.

[IDEM libro uicensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §12.2.19.prSi itaque mandatum fuit procuratori, ut petat, ille iusiurandum detulit, aliud fecit quam quod mandatum est.
[THE SAME, Book XXVI on the Edict.] Therefore, if a procurator was mandated to sue, and he tendered the oath, he did something other than what was mandated.

Notes

  1. §12.2.19.prmandatum fuit — Perfect passive of the verb mandare (or the neuter noun mandatum with the perfect of esse). It expresses the past fact that "a mandate was given." The following clause "ut petat" is a noun clause in the present subjunctive explaining the content of the mandate.
  2. §12.2.19.praliud ... quam quod mandatum est — A comparative construction meaning "something other than...". "aliud quam..." expresses "something different from...", and "quod mandatum est" is a relative clause meaning "that which was mandated" (with the neuter singular antecedent like id omitted).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.19.pr

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