[PAULUS libro secundo sententiarum. ] §13.5.6.prIdem est et si ei qui bona fide mihi seruit constitutum fuerit.
[PAULUS, from the second book of Sentences.] The same is true even if the promise is made to someone who serves me in good faith.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.5.6.pr
Promise Made to a Person Serving in Good Faith
Summary
It states that the same rules apply even if the promise is made to a person who serves the master in good faith.
Notes
- §13.5.6.prei qui bona fide mihi seruit — The dative pronoun ei serves as the indirect object of the impersonal passive verb constitutum fuerit (a promise has been made), corresponding to seruo in the previous section (§13.5.5.10). The relative clause qui bona fide mihi seruit refers to a person who, though actually free or belonging to another, serves the possessor in good faith as a slave.
- §13.5.6.prIdem est — The same is true indicates that the conclusion of the preceding section (§13.5.5.10) applies, meaning that a promise made to such a servient person is also valid and acquires an obligation for the person whom they serve in good faith.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.5.6.pr
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