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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §14.4.6.pr

Equal Standing of Creditors in the Tributorian Action

Passage 2225 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that, unlike the action on the peculium, the action for distribution does not favor the first claimant but treats the position of all creditors equally regardless of when they sue.

[PAULUS libro trigensimo ad edictum. ] §14.4.6.prNon enim haec actio sic ut de peculio occupantis meliorem causam facit, sed aequalem condicionem quandoque agentium.
[PAULUS, from the thirtieth book on the Edict.] For this action does not, like the action on the peculium, make the position of the first claimant better, but makes the condition of those who sue, at whatever time they do so, equal.

Notes

  1. 14.4.6.proccupantis — The genitive singular of the present participle of occupare (to seize beforehand, forestall) used substantively. It refers to a creditor who seeks recovery ahead of others (by bringing an action on the peculium first), referencing the principle of 'priority to the first claimant' (occupantis melior causa) in that action.
  2. 14.4.6.prquandoque agentium — The adverb quandoque (at whatever time, whenever) modifies the present participle in the genitive plural agentium (of those who sue). It means 'of all plaintiffs, regardless of when they bring the action,' indicating that the principle of creditor equality operates in the action for distribution (actio tributoria).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §14.4.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:14.4.6.pr

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