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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.2.2.pr

Defense against Claims by Offering Set-Off

Passage 2380 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julius states that if a person has mutual debt and credit with another, they can repel the other's claim by offering a set-off.

[IULIANUS libro nonagensimo digestorum. ] §16.2.2.prUnusquisque creditorem suum eundemque debitorem petentem summouet, si paratus est compensare.
[JULIANUS, Digest, Book XC.] Anyone repels his creditor, who is at the same time his debtor, when the latter sues, if he is ready to set off.

Notes

  1. §16.2.2.prpetentem — Accusative masculine singular of the present participle petens (from petere, 'to seek, claim'). It modifies the preceding noun phrase creditorem suum eundemque debitorem, indicating the state of bringing an action or making a legal claim. It functions to specify the object as 'the creditor-debtor who is suing.'
  2. §16.2.2.prsummouet — Third-person singular present indicative of the verb summouere ('to remove, repel'). In Roman civil procedure, it refers to legally barring or defeating the plaintiff's claim, typically by means of an exception (exceptio).

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