[IDEM libro uicensimo nono ad edictum. ] §13.5.13.prSed si quis uiginti debens decem constituit se soluturum, tenebitur.
[THE SAME, from the twenty-ninth book on the Edict.] But if anyone owing twenty promises that he will pay ten, he will be bound.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.5.13.pr
Validity of a Promise to Pay Less Than the Underlying Debt
Summary
Clarifies that if a debtor who owes twenty promises to pay a lesser amount of ten, this promise is valid and they will be bound to that extent.
Notes
- 13.5.13.prdebens — Present active participle agreeing with the indefinite pronoun `quis` (the subject), setting the background circumstance ('while owing twenty') under which the promise is made.
- 13.5.13.prse soluturum — An accusative with infinitive construction serving as the object of `constituit` with the reflexive pronoun `se` as its subject. The copula `esse` is omitted after the future active participle `soluturum`.
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