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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.12.pr

Exclusion of Non-Profit Debts from Partnership Accounts

Passage 2514 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that an individual's debt does not enter into the partnership's accounts unless it arises from common business profits.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §17.2.12.prSed nec aes alienum, nisi quod ex quaestu pendebit, ueniet in rationem societatis.
[PAULUS in his sixth book on Sabinus] But neither will a debt enter into the accounts of the partnership, unless it is one which arises from profit.

Notes

  1. §17.2.12.praes alienum — Literally 'someone else's bronze,' which is the standard Latin expression for 'debt.'
  2. §17.2.12.prnisi quod ex quaestu pendebit — The relative pronoun 'quod' refers back to 'aes alienum'. The verb 'pendebit' (future of 'pendere') with 'ex' means 'to depend on' or 'to arise from'. The future tense is used here, as in 'ueniet', to state a general legal rule.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.12.pr

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