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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.6.11.pr

Irrecoverability of Payment Exceeding the Peculium

Passage 1986 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that if a defendant in an action concerning a peculium carelessly pays more than the actual value of the peculium, they cannot bring a claim to recover the excess.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quinto ad Sabinum. ] §12.6.11.prSi is, cum quo de peculio actum est, per imprudentiam plus quam in peculio est soluerit, repetere non potest.
[ULPIANUS, On Sabinus, book 35.] If a person against whom an action concerning a peculium has been brought should, through carelessness, pay more than there is in the peculium, he cannot recover it.

Notes

  1. §12.6.11.prcum quo de peculio actum est — The verb `actum est` in the relative clause is the impersonal passive of `agere` (to bring a legal action). Combined with `cum quo` ('against whom') which refers back to the antecedent `is`, the entire phrase designates the defendant in an action concerning a peculium (`actio de peculio`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.6.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.6.11.pr

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