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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.1.9.pr

Intercession for Another's Slave and Restitution of Action

Passage 2355 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that if a woman intercedes on behalf of another's slave, the creditor's action must be restored against the master of the slave, just as it is restored against a father of a family who is the original debtor.

[PAULUS libro sexto regularum. ] §16.1.9.prSed si pro alieno seruo intercedat, quemadmodum in patrem familias priorem reum restituitur actio, ita in dominum quoque restituenda erit.
[PAUL, Rules, book 6]\n\nBut if she intercedes on behalf of another's slave, just as the action is restored against the original debtor who is a father of a family, so also it must be restored against his master.

Notes

  1. §16.1.9.printercedat — Subjunctive present. The subject `mulier` (woman) is omitted but understood from the context, continuing the discussion on the intercession of women protected by the Senatus Consultum Velleianum from the previous fragment (16.1.8).
  2. §16.1.9.prrestituenda erit — A passive periphrastic conjugation consisting of the gerundive `restituenda` and the future active indicative of `esse` (`erit`, 3rd person singular), expressing necessity or obligation. The subject `actio` (action) is omitted but supplied from the preceding clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.1.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.1.9.pr

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