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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.15.pr

Deductions and Liability Among Possessors and Partners

Passage 2274 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains the rules of deduction and liability in actions concerning the peculium when there are multiple bona fide possessors, usufructuaries, or partners with either separate or common peculia.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo nono ad edictum. ] §15.1.15.prSed si duo sint bonae fidei possessores, adhuc dicendum erit neutrum plus deducturum quam quod sibi debetur.
[ULPIANUS in the twenty-ninth book on the Edict.] But if there are two bona fide possessors, it must still be said that neither will deduct more than what is owed to himself.
idemque et si duo sunt fructuarii, quia nullam inter se habent societatem.
And the same holds if there are two usufructuaries, because they have no partnership between themselves.
idem dicetur interdum et in sociis, si forte separata apud se peculia habeant, ut alter alterius peculii nomine non conueniatur: ceterum si commune sit peculium, et in solidum conuenientur et deducetur quod utrique debetur.
The same will sometimes be said also among partners, if they happen to have separate peculia in their possession, so that one is not sued in the name of the other's peculium; but if the peculium is common, they will both be sued in solidum, and what is owed to both will be deducted.

Notes

  1. §15.1.15.prdicendum erit neutrum plus deducturum — The impersonal gerundive construction dicendum erit ('it must be said') is followed by an accusative and infinitive clause neutrum plus deducturum [esse], with the active future infinitive marker esse omitted. neutrum serves as the subject accusative of the infinitive.
  2. §15.1.15.pridemque et si — idem ('the same thing') is a neuter singular nominative, with the verb from the preceding context (idem dicetur, i.e., 'the same will be said') omitted. The conjunction et here functions adverbially with the meaning of 'also' or 'even'.
  3. §15.1.15.prin solidum — A legal adverbial phrase consisting of the preposition in and the neuter accusative noun solidum (from the adjective solidus, 'solid/whole'), meaning 'for the whole amount' or 'jointly and severally' (in solidum), indicating that co-defendants are liable for the full amount of the debt, rather than a divided share.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.15.pr

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