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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.3.29.pr-16.3.29.1

Actions for Unauthorized Use and Interest on Permitted Use

Passage 2434 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text stipulates that a depositor can bring both the action of deposit and the action of theft against a depositary who handles the deposited property without consent, and that a depositary who uses the deposited money with permission is obligated to pay interest.

[PAULUS libro secundo sententiarum. ] §16.3.29.prSi sacculum uel argentum signatum deposuero et is penes quem depositum fuit me inuito contrectauerit, et depositi et furti actio mihi in eum competit.
[PAULUS, Opinions, Book 2] If I deposit a small bag or stamped silver, and the person with whom it was deposited handles it against my will, both the action of deposit and the action of theft are available to me against him.
§16.3.29.1Si ex permissu meo deposita pecunia is penes quem deposita est utatur, ut in ceteris bonae fidei iudiciis usuras eius nomine praestare mihi cogitur.
If, with my permission, the person with whom the money was deposited uses it, he is compelled to pay interest to me on that account, as is the case in other actions of good faith.

Notes

  1. §16.3.29.prme inuito — Ablative absolute consisting of a pronoun and an adjective without a participle ('against my will').
  2. §16.3.29.prdepositi et furti — Genitives of the nouns representing the types of action, modifying the noun actio. It means 'the action of deposit and the action of theft.'
  3. §16.3.29.1deposita pecunia — Ablative case, serving as the object of the deponent verb utatur (utor).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.3.29.pr-16.3.29.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.3.29.pr-16.3.29.1

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