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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.78.pr

Good Faith and Decision of a Fair Arbiter in Partnership

Passage 2582 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Proculus argues that in the case presented, the decision of an honest man should be followed, especially since the action on partnership is based on good faith.

[PROCULUS libro quinto epistularum. ] §17.2.78.prin proposita autem quaestione arbitrium uiri boni existimo sequendum esse, eo magis quod iudicium pro socio bonae fidei est.
[PROCULUS, in the fifth book of Epistles.] In the question proposed, however, I think that the decision of an honest man should be followed, all the more so because the action on partnership is one of good faith.

Notes

  1. §17.2.78.prarbitrium uiri boni existimo sequendum esse — An accusative-with-infinitive construction (indirect statement) functioning as the object of the verb 'existimo' (I think), where 'arbitrium' is the subject accusative and 'sequendum esse' (gerundive with 'esse' expressing obligation) is the predicate. 'uiri boni' is a possessive genitive qualifying 'arbitrium', representing the legal standard of 'the decision of an honest/reasonable man'.
  2. §17.2.78.preo magis quod — 'eo' is an ablative of measure of difference ('by so much') modifying the comparative adverb 'magis' ('more'). 'quod' introduces the causal clause, making the phrase mean 'all the more because...'.
  3. §17.2.78.prbonae fidei est — 'bonae fidei' is a genitive of quality (genitivus qualitatis) used predicatively with the copula 'est' to describe the nature of the subject 'iudicium pro socio' (the action on partnership), meaning 'is [an action] of good faith'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.78.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.78.pr

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