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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.4.23.pr-18.4.23.1

Obligation to Transfer Associated Rights in the Sale of Claims

Passage 2721 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage defines the obligation of the seller of an action or a claim to transfer all associated rights, including those against guarantors, and to restore any benefit obtained via set-off or collection to the buyer.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §18.4.23.prUenditor actionis, quam aduersus principalem reum habet, omne ius, quod ex ea causa ei competit tam aduersus ipsum reum quam aduersus intercessores huius debiti, cedere debet, nisi aliud actum est.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitomes of Law, book 2.] The seller of an action which he has against a principal debtor must cede every right which belongs to him from that cause, both against the debtor himself and against the guarantors of this debt, unless otherwise agreed.
§18.4.23.1Nominis uenditor quidquid uel compensatione uel exactione fuerit consecutus, integrum emptori restituere compellatur.
The seller of a claim is compelled to restore to the buyer in full whatever he has obtained either by set-off or by collection.

Notes

  1. §18.4.23.practionis — Objective genitive modifying uenditor, meaning 'the seller of an action'.
  2. §18.4.23.printercessores — While generally meaning 'intermediaries', here it refers to 'guarantors' who undertake legal liability for another's debt (intercessio).
  3. §18.4.23.1nominis — nomen (literally 'name' or 'entry in a ledger') is used in Roman law to denote a 'claim' or 'debt' (nomen debiti).
  4. §18.4.23.1integrum — Neuter singular accusative adjective modifying the relative pronoun quidquid predicatively, indicating that whatever was obtained must be restored 'in full' or 'unimpaired'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.4.23.pr-18.4.23.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.4.23.pr-18.4.23.1

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