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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.36.pr

Oath on Constitutum and Exception against Prior Debt

Passage 1933 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses how the defendant's oath, when tendered by the plaintiff only regarding an agreed payment, affects the availability of an exception in subsequent lawsuits concerning either the agreed payment itself or the underlying prior obligation.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §12.2.36.prSi actor deferat iusiurandum de sola constituta pecunia et reus iurauerit, exceptione utetur, si de constituta conueniatur: sed si de sorte, id est de priore obligatione conueniatur, exceptio cessabit, nisi de hac quoque iurauerit aduersario deferente.
[ULPIANUS, Book 27 on the Edict.] If the plaintiff should tender an oath concerning only the agreed payment and the defendant has sworn, the defendant will use an exception if he is sued on the agreed payment; but if he is sued on the principal, that is, on the prior obligation, the exception will not apply, unless he has also sworn on this, with the adversary tendering the oath.

Notes

  1. §12.2.36.prconstituta pecunia — The participle `constituta` modifies `pecunia`, legally referring to a specific agreement to pay a debt (*constitutum*).
  2. §12.2.36.prexceptio cessabit — The verb `cessare` (to stop, rest) is used here in a legal sense meaning 'to not apply' or 'to be ineffective' (of a legal defense/exception).
  3. §12.2.36.praduersario deferente — An ablative absolute construction with the present participle. It forms part of the condition introduced by `nisi`, meaning 'unless the adversary has tendered [the oath] and [the defendant] has sworn.'

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