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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.3.7.pr

Waiver of Forfeiture Clause by Demanding Price

Passage 2696 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that if the seller demands the price after the deadline set by the forfeiture clause, the clause is deemed renounced and the seller cannot reverse this choice.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §18.3.7.prPost diem commissoriae legi praestitutum si uenditor pretium petat, legi commissoriae renuntiatum uidetur, nec uariare et ad hanc redire potest.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitome of Law, book 2.] If, after the day appointed for the forfeiture clause, the seller should demand the price, he is deemed to have renounced the forfeiture clause, nor can he change his mind and return to it.

Notes

  1. 18.3.7.prcommissoriae legi praestitutum — commissoriae legi is a dative case dependent on the perfect participle praestitutum (from praestituo, 'to appoint beforehand'), meaning 'the day appointed for the forfeiture clause'.
  2. 18.3.7.prlegi commissoriae renuntiatum uidetur — Since the verb renuntio ('to renounce') governs the dative (here legi commissoriae), its passive construction is impersonal. When combined with uidetur, it translates as 'the forfeiture clause is deemed to have been renounced'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.3.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.3.7.pr

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