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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.44.pr

Consignment of Pearls and the Scope of the Action pro socio

Passage 2546 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses that in the consignment of pearls for sale, the action pro socio lies if the parties intended to form a partnership, otherwise the action praescriptis uerbis lies.

[IDEM libro trigensimo primo ad edictum. ] §17.2.44.prSi margarita tibi uendenda dedero, ut, si ea decem uendidisses, redderes mihi decem, si pluris, quod excedit tu haberes, mihi uidetur, si animo contrahendae societatis id actum sit, pro socio esse actionem, si minus, praescriptis uerbis.
[THE SAME, in his thirty-first book on the Edict.] If I have given you pearls to sell on the terms that, if you sell them for ten, you are to return ten to me, and if for more, you are to keep the excess, it is my opinion that, if this was done with the intention of forming a partnership, the action pro socio lies; if not, the action praescriptis uerbis lies.

Notes

  1. §17.2.44.prmargarita tibi uendenda dedero — uendenda is a gerundive (future passive participle) in the neuter plural accusative, modifying the object margarita (pearls, neuter plural accusative), expressing purpose (to be sold).
  2. §17.2.44.pranimo contrahendae societatis — contrahendae is a gerundive agreeing with societatis (feminine singular genitive). Together with the ablative animo (intention, spirit), it expresses the internal manner or cause: "with the intention of contracting a partnership."
  3. §17.2.44.prpraescriptis uerbis — The noun actionem (action, accusative) is omitted, so that the phrase refers to the actio praescriptis uerbis (action on prescribed words). This was a remedy granted on the facts for innominate contracts that did not fit into established categories of agreements.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.44.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.44.pr

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