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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.44.pr

Liability of Son and Father on Contracts with a Son

Passage 2303 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a person contracting with a filius familias has two debtors: the son himself who is liable for the whole amount, and the father who is liable only to the extent of the peculium.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §15.1.44.prSi quis cum filio familias contraxerit, duos habet debitores, filium in solidum et patrem dumtaxat de peculio.
[ULPIANUS in the sixty-third book on the edict.] If anyone contracts with a filius familias, he has two debtors: the son for the whole amount, and the father only to the extent of the peculium.

Notes

  1. §15.1.44.prfamilias — An archaic genitive singular form of the first-declension noun familia (corresponding to classical -ae), modifying filius (here in the ablative filio) to mean 'son-of-a-family' (a son under paternal power).
  2. §15.1.44.prin solidum — A legal adverbial phrase meaning 'for the whole amount' or 'in full,' modifying filium to indicate that the son is directly liable for the entirety of the debt.
  3. §15.1.44.prdumtaxat de peculio — dumtaxat is an adverb indicating limitation ('only,' 'at most'), modifying the prepositional phrase de peculio ('concerning the peculium') to show that the father's liability is restricted to the extent of the peculium.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.44.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.44.pr

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