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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.1.31.pr

Action on Mandate by a Woman Paying after Intercession

Passage 2377 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if a woman who has made a payment based on intercession does not wish to claim recovery but instead wishes to bring an action on mandate and guarantee indemnity to the principal debtor, her request should be granted.

[IDEM libro primo ad Neratium. ] §16.1.31.prPAULUS: si mulier quod ex intercessione soluit nolit repetere, sed mandati agere et cauere uelit de indemnitate reo, audienda est.
[THE SAME, On Neratius, Book I.] PAULUS: If a woman does not wish to recover what she has paid on account of intercession, but wishes to bring an action on mandate and to guarantee to the principal debtor against indemnity, she should be heard.

Notes

  1. §16.1.31.prmandati agere — The genitive of the name of the action 'mandati' modifies 'agere' (with 'actione' or 'actio' understood), meaning 'to bring an action on mandate' (actio mandati). This is a concise formulaic expression common in legal texts.
  2. §16.1.31.prcauere uelit de indemnitate reo — The word 'reo' is in the dative, referring here to the principal debtor (the person for whom the woman interposed). 'de indemnitate' means 'concerning indemnity/freedom from harm'. Thus the phrase means 'to guarantee or give security to the principal debtor against liability'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.1.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.1.31.pr

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