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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.5.1.pr-12.5.1.2

Conditions for Recovery Based on the Motive of Giving

Passage 1967 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus classifies the motivations for giving into 'purpose' and 'cause', presenting the requirements for recovering the given thing depending on whether the motivation is honorable or shameful.

[PAULUS libro decimo ad Sabinum. ] §12.5.1.prOmne quod datur aut ob rem datur aut ob causam, et ob rem aut turpem aut honestam: turpem autem, aut ut dantis sit turpitudo, non accipientis, aut ut accipientis dumtaxat, non etiam dantis, aut utriusque. §12.5.1.1Ob rem igitur honestam datum ita repeti potest, si res, propter quam datum est, secuta non est. §12.5.1.2Quod si turpis causa accipientis fuerit, etiamsi res secuta sit, repeti potest:
[PAULUS, Tenth Book on Sabinus.]\n\nEverything that is given is given either for a purpose or for a cause, and if for a purpose, either for a shameful or for an honorable one; moreover, in the case of a shameful purpose, it is either so that the shamefulness is that of the giver, not of the recipient, or that of the recipient only, not also of the giver, or of both.\n\nTherefore, what has been given for an honorable purpose can be recovered only if the thing for the sake of which it was given has not followed.\n\nBut if the cause of the recipient was shameful, even if the thing has followed, it can be recovered:

Notes

  1. 12.5.1.1ita — Used correlatively with the conditional 'si' clause to express a strong limitation, meaning 'only if' or 'only on the condition that'.
  2. 12.5.1.1datum — Perfect passive participle neuter singular nominative of dare, used substantively as the subject of the main clause ('what has been given').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.5.1.pr-12.5.1.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.5.1.pr-12.5.1.2

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