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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.1.4.pr

Proculus' Liberal View on Exceeding Mandated Price

Passage 2443 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states Proculus' more liberal view that even if the mandatary bought the item at a higher price, they may still bring an action up to the fixed price limit.

[GAIUS libro secundo rerum cottidianarum. ] §17.1.4.prSed Proculus recte eum usque ad pretium statutum acturum existimat, quae sententia sane benignior est.
[GAIUS in the second book of Everyday Matters.] But Proculus rightly thinks that he will have an action up to the fixed price, which opinion is indeed more liberal.

Notes

  1. §17.1.4.practurum — acturum is the future active participle, forming the future infinitive acturum esse with the omission of esse. It functions in an accusative-and-infinitive construction (A.C.I.) governed by existimat, with eum (the mandatary) as its subject. The verb agere is used here in its absolute/intransitive legal sense of "to bring an action" or "to sue".
  2. §17.1.4.prquae sententia — This is an instance of the relative connection (relatio nexus) where the relative adjective quae introduces a new independent sentence, referring back to Proculus' opinion expressed in the preceding clause ("and this opinion...").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.1.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.1.4.pr

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