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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.7.20.pr-13.7.20.3

Pledge of Another's Property and the Action on Pledge

Passage 2158 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the requirements for pledging another's property, the status of multiple simultaneous pledgees, and how non-payment due to the creditor or the creditor's purchase of the pledge affects the action on pledge.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo nono ad edictum. ] §13.7.20.prAliena res pignori dari uoluntate domini potest: sed et si ignorante eo data sit et ratum habuerit, pignus ualebit.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, Book 29] Another's property can be given in pledge with the consent of the owner; but even if it was given without his knowledge, and he subsequently ratified it, the pledge will be valid.
§13.7.20.1Si pluribus res simul pignori detur, aequalis omnium causa est.
If a thing is given in pledge to several persons at the same time, the position of all of them is equal.
§13.7.20.2Si per creditorem stetit, quo minus ei soluatur, recte agitur pigneraticia.
If it was due to the creditor that payment was not made to him, the action on pledge is rightly brought.
§13.7.20.3Interdum etsi soluta sit pecunia, tamen pigneraticia actio inhibenda est, ueluti si creditor pignus suum emerit a debitore.
Sometimes, even if the money has been paid, the action on pledge must nevertheless be barred, for example, if the creditor has purchased his own pledge from the debtor.

Notes

  1. §13.7.20.prignorante eo data sit et ratum habuerit — ignorante eo is an ablative absolute, where eo refers to the preceding domini (owner). The subject of ratum habuerit is also the owner, and ratum habere is a legal idiom meaning 'to ratify'.
  2. §13.7.20.2per creditorem stetit, quo minus — The construction stare per aliquem followed by quo minus (or ne) is an impersonal idiom meaning 'it is due to someone that ... not' or 'someone prevents ... from'. Here it means 'it was due to the creditor that payment was not made'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.7.20.pr-13.7.20.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.7.20.pr-13.7.20.3

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