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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.2.22.pr

Set-Off in Alternative Obligations and Creditor's Choice

Passage 2400 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that for a set-off to be allowed in an alternative obligation, the creditor must have openly declared beforehand which performance they wish to receive.

[SCAEUOLA libro secundo quaestionum. ] §16.2.22.prSi debeas decem aut hominem, utrum aduersarius uolet, ita compensatio huius debiti admittitur, si aduersarius palam dixisset, utrum uoluisset.
[SCAEVOLA, Questions, Book II.] If you owe ten or a slave, whichever the opponent wishes, the set-off of this debt is admitted only if the opponent had openly declared which one he had wished.

Notes

  1. §16.2.22.prita... si — The construction ita... si functions as a restrictive condition, meaning "only if" or "on the condition that".
  2. §16.2.22.prutrum aduersarius uolet — A relative-like clause indicating that in the alternative obligation of owing ten or a slave, the right of choice lies with the creditor (aduersarius).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.2.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.2.22.pr

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