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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.1.41.pr

Action on Mandate When the Mandatary Exceeds Authority

Passage 2481 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that an action on mandate can be granted to only one of the parties, specifically when the mandatary exceeds the mandate, in which case only the mandator has an action against the mandatary.

[GAIUS libro tertio ad edictum prouinciale. ] §17.1.41.prPotest et ab una dumtaxat parte mandati iudicium dari: nam si is qui mandatum suscepit egressus fuerit mandatum, ipsi quidem mandati iudicium non competit, at ei qui mandauerit aduersus eum competit.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, Book III.] An action on mandate can also be given from only one party; for if he who undertook the mandate has exceeded the mandate, the action on mandate does not indeed lie for him himself, but it does lie for him who gave the mandate against him.

Notes

  1. §17.1.41.prab una dumtaxat parte — The preposition ab ("from/on the side of") combined with the restrictive adverb dumtaxat ("only/merely") means "from only one party." This describes a situation where, contrary to the reciprocal nature of the contract of mandate which usually gives rise to actions for both parties, an action is available to only one of them.
  2. §17.1.41.pregressus fuerit — The future perfect (or perfect subjunctive) of the deponent verb egredior ("to exceed, go beyond"), carrying an active meaning ("shall have exceeded"). It takes the accusative mandatum as its direct object.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.1.41.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.1.41.pr

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