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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.7.12.pr

Authority of General Administrator to Pledge Property

Passage 2150 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the agent's authority to pledge is also recognized if they have been granted the administration of all property by a principal who habitually took secured loans.

[GAIUS libro nono ad edictum prouinciale. ] §13.7.12.pruel uniuersorum bonorum administratio ei permissa est ab eo, qui sub pignoribus solebat mutuas pecunias accipere.
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, Book IX] or if the administration of all his property has been permitted to him by one who was accustomed to receive loans of money under pledges.

Notes

  1. §13.7.12.pruel uniuersorum bonorum administratio ei permissa est — The introductory uel (or) introduces another alternative condition under which the agent is deemed to have the authority to pledge, running parallel to the conditional clause si ei mandatum fuit in the preceding fragment by Ulpian (D. 13.7.11.7).
  2. §13.7.12.prsub pignoribus solebat mutuas pecunias accipere — The phrase sub pignoribus (under pledges) modifies the infinitive clause mutuas pecunias accipere (to receive loans of money). It explains the rationale that an administrator of all property for a principal who habitually used secured loans is tacitly understood to have the authority to pledge without a specific mandate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.7.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.7.12.pr

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