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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.2.6.pr

Admissibility of Natural Obligations for Set-Off

Passage 2384 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that even an obligation owed by nature (a natural obligation) can be used for set-off.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo ad Sabinum. ] §16.2.6.prEtiam quod natura debetur, uenit in compensationem.
[ULPIAN, On Sabinus, Book XXX.] what is owed by nature comes into set-off.

Notes

  1. §16.2.6.prquod natura debetur — The relative clause quod natura debetur (what is owed by nature), with its antecedent id omitted, functions as the subject of the main verb uenit. The ablative natura refers to "natural obligation" (naturalis obligatio) in Roman law, which is not actionable but possesses certain legal effects such as eligibility for set-off.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.2.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.2.6.pr

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