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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.5.20.pr

Effect of Peculium Fluctuation on the Action on a Promise

Passage 2103 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that the increase or decrease of the peculium has no bearing on the action based on a promise to pay (actio constitutoria).

[IDEM libro quarto ad Plautium. ] §13.5.20.prNec enim quod crescit peculium aut decrescit, pertinet ad constitutoriam actionem.
[THE SAME, from the fourth book on Plautius.] For the fact that the peculium increases or decreases has no relevance to the action on a promise to pay.

Notes

  1. §13.5.20.prquod crescit peculium aut decrescit — The conjunction quod introduces a noun clause with the indicative, meaning "the fact that...", which functions as the subject of the verb pertinet.
  2. §13.5.20.prconstitutoriam actionem — Refers to the actio constitutoria, which is the action granted on the basis of a promise to pay (constitutum).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.5.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.5.20.pr

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