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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.5.8.pr

Alternative Promise to a Third Party and Right of Action

Passage 2091 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses to whom the right of action belongs when an informal promise is made to pay 'to me or to Titius', and the liability of the debtor if they pay Titius after promising to pay 'to me alone'.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo nono ad edictum. ] §13.5.8.prSi uero mihi aut Titio constitueris te soluturum, mihi competit actio: quod si, posteaquam soli mihi te soluturum constituisti, solueris Titio, nihilo minus mihi teneberis.
[PAULUS, from the twenty-ninth book on the Edict.] If, however, you have informally promised that you will pay to me or to Titius, the action belongs to me; but if, after you informally promised that you would pay to me alone, you pay to Titius, you will nonetheless remain liable to me.

Notes

  1. §13.5.8.prquod si, posteaquam soli mihi te soluturum constituisti, solueris Titio — An adverbial clause introduced by posteaquam (with the verb constituisti) is nested inside the conditional clause introduced by quod si (with the verb solueris). The main verb of the entire sentence is teneberis (future tense). It forms the structure: 'if, after you promised to pay me alone, you pay Titius...'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.5.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.5.8.pr

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