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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.1.17.pr

Extinction of Condictio Furtiva and Novation of Obligation

Passage 2065 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus points out that for extinguishing a condictio, it makes little difference whether the stolen slave is offered or transferred to another obligation, and the slave's presence is immaterial, because the default arising from the theft is terminated by what is equivalent to a delegation.

[PAPINIANUS libro decimo quaestionum. ] §13.1.17.prParui refert ad tollendam condictionem, offeratur seruus furtiuus an in aliud nomen aliumque statum obligationis transferatur: nec me mouet, praesens homo fuerit nec ne, cum mora, quae eueniebat ex furto, ueluti quadam delegatione finiatur.
[PAPINIANUS, Questions, Book X] It matters little for extinguishing the condictio whether the stolen slave is offered, or is transferred to another title and another state of obligation; nor does it concern me whether the slave was present or not, since the default, which arose from the theft, is ended, as it were, by a kind of delegation.

Notes

  1. §13.1.17.prParui — Genitive of value, used with the impersonal verb refert to mean 'it matters little' or 'it is of small importance'.
  2. §13.1.17.prad tollendam condictionem — The preposition ad combined with the gerundive tollendam in agreement with the accusative noun condictionem, expressing purpose ('for extinguishing' or 'in order to extinguish').
  3. §13.1.17.prdelegatione — Delegatio (delegation/transfer of debt) in Roman law. Here it refers to the process where the tortious liability arising from theft (and the resulting default or mora) is transferred into a new contractual obligation, thereby ending the original default.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.1.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.1.17.pr

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