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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.1.36.pr

Fictitious Price for Gifting and Invalidity of Sale

Passage 2624 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that if a seller sets a price for the purpose of making a gift, with no intention of demanding payment, the transaction is not deemed a valid sale.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §18.1.36.prCum in uenditione quis pretium rei ponit donationis causa non exacturus, non uidetur uendere.
[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo tertio ad edictum.] When in a sale someone sets a price on a thing by way of gift, not intending to exact it, he is not deemed to sell.

Notes

  1. 18.1.36.prnon exacturus — The future active participle exacturus (from the verb exigo, "to exact" or "to demand") modifies the subject quis, expressing the subjective intention of the agent ("not intending to exact"). This lack of intention to demand payment prevents the transaction from being recognized as a substantive sale, despite its formal appearance.

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