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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.80.pr

Validity of Unequal Partnership Shares Based on Contribution

Passage 2584 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author questions the validity of Nerva's decision if it had prescribed highly unequal shares, and notes that unequal shares can be consistent with the decision of an honorable man when one partner contributes more to the partnership.

[PROCULUS libro quinto epistularum. ] §17.2.80.prQuid enim si Nerua constituisset, ut alter ex millesima parte, alter ex duo millesimis partibus socius esset? illud potest conueniens esse uiri boni arbitrio, ut non utique ex aequis partibus socii simus, ueluti si alter plus operae industriae gratiae pecuniae in societatem collaturus erat.
[PROCULUS, in the fifth book of Epistles.] For what if Nerva had decided that one partner should share to the extent of a one-thousandth part, and the other to the extent of a two-thousandth part? It can be consistent with the decision of an honorable man that we should not by any means be partners in equal shares, as for instance if one was going to contribute more labor, industry, influence, or money to the partnership.

Notes

  1. §17.2.80.prduo millesimis partibus — duo millesimis is the ablative plural of the ordinal adjective duomillesimus ('two-thousandth'), agreeing with partibus. Contrasted with millesima parte ('a one-thousandth part'), it represents an extremely unequal or minimal share (one two-thousandth, or alternatively two two-thousandths).
  2. §17.2.80.pruiri boni arbitrio — Refers to the judgment of a 'good man' (vir bonus). It is in the dative case, serving as the complement to the adjective conueniens ('consistent with', 'suitable to').
  3. §17.2.80.prcollaturus erat — The active periphrastic conjugation consisting of the future active participle collaturus (from confero, 'to contribute') and the imperfect erat. It expresses an intention, expectation, or agreement in the past that someone 'was going to contribute'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.80.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.80.pr

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