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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.1.5.pr

Inapplicability of the Decree to Payment or Accord and Satisfaction

Passage 2351 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that the senatusconsultum does not apply whether a woman pays money, gives her property in satisfaction of a debt, or, after selling her property, pays the price on behalf of another or delegates the buyer to another's creditor.

[GAIUS libro nono ad edictum prouinciale. ] §16.1.5.prNec interest, pecuniam soluendi causa numeret an quamlibet suam rem in solutum det: nam et si uendiderit rem suam, siue pretium acceptum pro alio soluit siue emptorem delegauit creditori alieno, non puto senatus consulto locum esse.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, book 9] And it makes no difference whether she counts out money for the purpose of payment, or gives any property of hers in satisfaction of a debt; for even if she has sold her own property, whether she pays the price received on behalf of another, or has delegated the buyer to another's creditor, I do not think there is room for the senatusconsultum.

Notes

  1. §16.1.5.prin solutum det — The phrase "in solutum" is a legal formulaic expression meaning "in satisfaction of a debt" or "in payment". It refers to extinguishing an obligation by performing a service or transferring property other than what was originally due.
  2. §16.1.5.premptorem delegauit creditori alieno — The verb "delegare" (to delegate) refers to the legal act whereby a debtor directs their own debtor (here, the buyer, "emptorem") to make payment to their creditor or to a third party (here, another's creditor, "creditori alieno").
  3. §16.1.5.prsenatus consulto locum esse — This is an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction following the verb "non puto" (I do not think). "locum esse" means "there is room (for)" or "to apply".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.1.5.pr

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