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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.4.4.pr

Warranty of Debt's Existence and Solvency in Claim Sale

Passage 2702 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian cites Celsus' opinion that in the sale of a claim, the seller is not obligated to guarantee the solvency of the debtor, but must guarantee the existence of the debt itself, unless agreed otherwise.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §18.4.4.prSi nomen sit distractum, Celsus libro nono digestorum scribit locupletem esse debitorem non debere praestare, debitorem autem esse praestare, nisi aliud conuenit,
[ULPIANUS, on the Edict, book 32.] If a claim has been sold, Celsus writes in the ninth book of his Digests that the seller is not bound to guarantee that the debtor is solvent, but must guarantee that there is indeed a debtor, unless it has been agreed otherwise.

Notes

  1. §18.4.4.prnomen — Here, it refers to a 'claim' or 'debt' rather than a literal 'name'.
  2. §18.4.4.prlocupletem esse debitorem non debere praestare — Part of the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction following 'Celsus... scribit'. The subject of 'praestare' is the omitted seller, and the infinitive clause 'locupletem esse debitorem' ('that the debtor is solvent') functions as its object.
  3. §18.4.4.prdebitorem autem esse praestare — The verb 'debere' is understood from the preceding clause, forming the structure '[debere] praestare debitorem esse' ('[he must] guarantee that he is indeed a debtor'). 'debitorem esse' is the infinitive clause functioning as the object of 'praestare'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.4.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.4.4.pr

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