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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.1.12.pr

Creditor's Knowledge as a Condition for the Decree

Passage 2358 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that the Senatusconsultum Velleianum applies only when the creditor is aware that the woman is assuming liability on behalf of another.

[IDEM libro sexto breuium. ] §16.1.12.prImmo tunc locus est senatus consulto, cum scit creditor eam intercedere.
[THE SAME, Short Treatises, book 6] On the contrary, there is room for the senatusconsultum only then, when the creditor knows that she is assuming liability.

Notes

  1. §16.1.12.prImmo — This introduces a strong correction or qualification to the preceding fragment (16.1.11.pr), which argued against application because the woman's inner intent cannot be known. It implies: 'On the contrary, (the decisive criterion for application is the creditor's knowledge).'
  2. §16.1.12.prtunc ... cum — Correlative adverbs. Here they do not merely indicate simple temporal coincidence, but emphasize a restrictive condition: 'only then, when...'.
  3. §16.1.12.pream intercedere — An accusative with infinitive construction acting as the object of the verb scit. The verb intercedere is a technical term in Roman law referring to the assumption of liability on behalf of another (intercessio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.1.12.pr

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