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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.5.4.pr

Effect of Partial Rescission in a Sale of Multiple Items

Passage 2727 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that in a sale of multiple items, if there is a contrary agreement to cancel the sale of one item, the obligation is dissolved only with respect to that specific item.

[PAULUS libro octauo digestorum IULIANI notat. ] §18.5.4.prSi emptio contracta sit togae puta aut lancis, et pactus sit uenditor, ne alterutrius emptio maneat, puto resolui obligationem huius rei nomine dumtaxat.
[PAULUS, in his notes on Book 8 of JULIAN's Digests.] If a purchase of a toga, for example, or a platter has been contracted, and the seller has agreed that the purchase of either of the two should not remain, I think that the obligation is dissolved only in respect of this thing.

Notes

  1. §18.5.4.pralterutrius — Genitive of the pronoun `alteruter` ("either of the two"). Here it refers to one of the two transaction objects, the toga or the platter.
  2. §18.5.4.prhuius rei nomine — An ablative phrase where `nomen` means "account, heading, ground", translating to "on account of this thing" or "in respect of this thing". Combined with `dumtaxat` ("only"), it specifies that the obligation is extinguished only regarding the item affected by the contrary agreement.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.5.4.pr

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