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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.22.pr

Promise of Security for Threatened Damage to Peculium Buildings

Passage 2281 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if the master makes a promise regarding threatened damage to peculiar buildings, this must be taken into account, and the plaintiff must provide security to the master.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §15.1.22.prSi damni infecti aedium peculiarium nomine promiserit dominus, ratio cius haberi debet et ideo ab eo qui de peculio agit domino cauendum est.
[POMPONIUS in the seventh book on Sabinus.] If the master has made a promise on account of threatened damage to buildings belonging to the peculium, account must be taken of this, and therefore security must be given to the master by the person who brings the action on the peculium.

Notes

  1. §15.1.22.prratio eius haberi debet — The genitive "eius" refers to the promise made by the master. It means that this security obligation, which the master may have to pay in the future, "must be taken into account (ratio haberi debet)" as a deductible liability in the liquidation of the peculium.
  2. §15.1.22.prab eo qui de peculio agit domino cauendum est — The dative "domino" indicates the recipient of the security (to/for the master). While the agent in a gerundive of obligation (cauendum est) is normally expressed by the dative, here the agent (the plaintiff who must give security) is expressed by "ab eo qui..." (ab + ablative) to avoid confusion with the dative of interest "domino".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.22.pr

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