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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.82.pr

Liability for a Partner's Debt and the Common Chest

Passage 2586 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains the principle that a partner is not directly liable for debts incurred by another partner, and the exception when the funds are integrated into the common chest.

[IDEM libro tertio responsorum. ] §17.2.82.prIure societatis per socium aere alieno socius non obligatur, nisi in communem arcam pecuniae uersae sunt.
[THE SAME, in the third book of Opinions.] Under the law of partnership, a partner is not liable for a debt contracted through another partner, unless the money has been converted to the common chest.

Notes

  1. §17.2.82.praere alieno — Ablative of means modifying the passive verb obligatur, meaning 'to be bound by a debt' (aes alienum).
  2. §17.2.82.prin communem arcam ... uersae sunt — Perfect passive of vertere in (to turn into, to apply to). It indicates that the borrowed money (pecuniae) was put into the 'common chest' (communis arca), i.e., the common fund, and used for the benefit of the partnership.

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