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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.1.4.pr-16.1.4.1

Inapplicability of the Decree to Ignorant Creditors and Gifts

Passage 2350 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses that the protective senatusconsultum does not apply when a creditor contracts with a woman without knowing her intention to intercede, or when she borrows money to make a gift to another person.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo nono ad edictum. ] §16.1.4.prSed si ego cum muliere ab initio contraxerim, cum ignorarem cui haec factum uellet, non dubito senatus consultum cessare: et ita diuus Pius et imperator noster rescripserunt.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, book 29] But if I contracted with a woman from the beginning, while I was ignorant for whom she wished this to be done, I have no doubt that the senatusconsultum does not apply; and the Divine Pius and our Emperor wrote to this effect in rescripts.
§16.1.4.1Proinde si, dum uult Titio donatum, accepit a me mutuam pecuniam et eam Titio donauit, cessabit senatus consultum.
Accordingly, if, while wishing to make a gift to Titius, she received a loan of money from me and gave it to Titius, the senatusconsultum will not apply.
sed et si tibi donatura creditori tuo nummos numerauerit, non intercedit: senatus enim obligatae mulieri succurrere uoluit, non donanti: hoc ideo, quia facilius se mulier obligat quam alicui donat.
But even if, intending to make a gift to you, she paid coins to your creditor, she does not intercede; for the senate wished to come to the aid of a woman who binds herself, not one who makes a gift. This is because a woman binds herself more easily than she makes a gift to someone.

Notes

  1. §16.1.4.prcui haec factum uellet — haec is the nominative feminine singular demonstrative pronoun referring to the woman (the subject). factum is the perfect passive participle in the neuter accusative singular, forming an infinitive with esse omitted, acting as the object of uellet ('she wished [it] to be done'). cui is the dative of interest/advantage of the interrogative pronoun, forming an indirect question: 'for whom she wished this to be done'.
  2. §16.1.4.1dum uult Titio donatum — donatum is the perfect passive participle in the neuter accusative singular with esse omitted, forming an infinitive acting as the object of uult ('while she wishes [the money] to be given to Titius'). dum means 'while' or 'as'.
  3. §16.1.4.1tibi donatura — donatura is the future active participle, nominative feminine singular of dono, modifying the implied subject (the woman) of the clause, expressing her intention or purpose ('intending to make a gift to you').
  4. §16.1.4.1obligatae mulieri succurrere uoluit, non donanti — succurrere governs the dative case, here taking obligatae mulieri ('a woman who binds herself') and non donanti ('not one who makes a gift', where mulieri is implied). It explains contrastively the intended beneficiaries of the senatusconsultum.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.1.4.pr-16.1.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.1.4.pr-16.1.4.1

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