Admission of a Third Party and Scope of Partnership

Notes

1. §17.2.19.prQui admittitur socius, ei tantum socius est qui admisit — The relative clause `Qui admittitur socius` ("He who is admitted as a partner") serves as the subject of the main clause, and `ei tantum... qui admisit` means "only to him who admitted [him]." Here, `ei` is the antecedent of the relative pronoun `qui` (the subject of `admisit`) and is in the dative case (dative of reference/relation) governed by `socius`. This illustrates the Roman law principle: *socii mei socius meus socius non est* (my partner's partner is not my partner).
2. §17.2.19.prsocius mihi esse non potest quem ego socium esse nolui — The relative clause `quem ego socium esse nolui` ("whom I did not wish to be a partner") lacks an explicit antecedent (such as `eum`) and functions as the subject of the main verb `non potest`. `socius` is the subject complement, and `mihi` is a dative of reference.