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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.4.pr-17.2.4.1

Formation of Partnership and Four Grounds for Dissolution

Passage 2506 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk explains the methods of contracting a partnership (by conduct, words, or a messenger) and its four main causes of dissolution (resignation, death, loss of status, and poverty).

[MODESTINUS libro tertio regularum. ] §17.2.4.prSocietatem coire et re et uerbis et per nuntium posse nos dubium non est.
[MODESTINUS in his third book of Rules] There is no doubt for us that a partnership can be contracted by conduct, by words, and through a messenger.
§17.2.4.1Dissociamur renuntiatione morte capitis minutione et egestate.
We are dissolved by resignation, death, loss of status, and poverty.

Notes

  1. §17.2.4.prnos dubium non est — In this impersonal phrase with dubium non est, the accusative pronoun nos is used where the dative nobis (for us) would classically be expected. Alternatively, nos could be construed as the subject of the infinitive clause (nos... posse), but as societatem is already present, treating nos as functionally equivalent to the dative nobis is more coherent in legal Latin.
  2. §17.2.4.1Dissociamur — The passive verb dissociamur ('we are dissolved') denotes the termination of the partnership (societas) among the partners (socii). The following nouns (renuntiatione, morte, capitis minutione, egestate) are ablatives of cause or instrument, listing the four traditional modes of dissolving a partnership.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.4.pr-17.2.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.4.pr-17.2.4.1

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