[IDEM libro trigesimo primo ad edictum. ] §17.2.20.pr(nam socii mei socius meus socius non est)
[THE SAME in his thirty-first book on the Edict] (for my partner's partner is not my partner)
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.20.pr
Rule That a Partner's Partner Is Not One's Partner
Summary
Presents the famous fundamental rule in partnership law that the partner of one's partner is not one's own partner.
Notes
- §17.2.20.prsocii mei socius meus socius non est — This sentence has the structure: '[socii mei socius (the partner of my partner)] non est [(is not)] [meus socius (my partner)]'. The first 'socius' is the subject, 'meus socius' is the subject complement, and 'socii mei' is a genitive qualifying the subject. This is a highly celebrated legal maxim illustrating the strictly personal and consensual nature of partnership (societas) in Roman law.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.20.pr
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