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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.57.pr

Requirement of Lawful Purpose for a Valid Partnership

Passage 2560 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian quotes Pomponius to state that a partnership is valid only if formed for an honorable and lawful purpose, and that any partnership formed for criminal or dishonorable purposes is void.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo ad Sabinum. ] §17.2.57.prNec praetermittendum esse Pomponius ait ita demum hoc esse uerum, si honestae et licitae rei societas coita sit: ceterum si maleficii societas coita sit, constat nullam esse societatem.
[ULPIANUS in the thirtieth book on Sabinus.] Pomponius says that it must also not be overlooked that this is true only if a partnership has been formed for an honorable and lawful purpose; but if a partnership has been formed for a crime, it is established that there is no partnership.
generaliter enim traditur rerum inhonestarum nullam esse societatem.
For it is generally handed down that there is no partnership for dishonorable purposes.

Notes

  1. §17.2.57.prNec praetermittendum esse Pomponius ait — The gerundive of obligation in the infinitive (praetermittendum esse) forms an accusative with infinitive (AcI) clause acting as the object of the main verb ait (Pomponius says). Its logical subject (in the accusative) is omitted, representing the entire following clause beginning with 'ita demum...'.
  2. §17.2.57.prita demum... si — A restrictive correlative construction meaning 'only in this way... if' (i.e., 'only if...'). It strictly limits the validity of the statement to the condition expressed in the si-clause.
  3. §17.2.57.prhonestae et licitae rei — Objective genitive modifying the noun societas (partnership), indicating the object or purpose for which the partnership is formed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.57.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.57.pr

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