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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.2.5.pr

General Principle of Benefits to the Seller as Better Offers

Passage 2674 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents the general principle that whatever benefits the seller must be regarded as a better offer (melior condicio).

[POMPONIUS libro nono ad Sabinum. ] §18.2.5.prQuidquid enim ad utilitatem uenditoris pertinet, pro meliore condicione haberi debet.
[POMPONIUS, on Sabinus, book 9.] For whatever relates to the benefit of the seller ought to be regarded as a better offer.

Notes

  1. §18.2.5.prpro meliore condicione haberi debet — This is the passive construction haberi pro... ('to be regarded as...') derived from habere aliquid pro aliquo ('to regard something as something'). The subject of haberi is the entire clause introduced by the relative pronoun quidquid ('whatever relates to...'). This expresses the general criterion that any circumstance or term beneficial to the seller can constitute a 'better offer' (melior condicio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.2.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.2.5.pr

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