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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.5.6.pr

Buyer's Action Under Agreement on Return of Displeasing Goods

Passage 2729 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains, with reference to Sabinus' opinion, which action is available to the buyer when there is an agreement to return the sold item if it displeases them within a certain period.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §18.5.6.prSi conuenit, ut res quae uenit, si intra certum tempus displicuisset, redderetur, ex empto actio est, ut Sabinus putat, aut proxima empti in factum datur.
[PAULUS, in Book 2 on the Edict.] If it has been agreed that the thing sold, if it should displease within a certain time, should be returned, there is an action on purchase, as Sabinus thinks, or an action in factum nearest to the action on purchase is granted.

Notes

  1. §18.5.6.pruenit — This is the third-person singular perfect (or present) indicative of `venire` (from `veneo`, "to be sold"), not `venire` ("to come"). Thus, `res quae venit` means "the thing which is sold" or "the thing which was sold".
  2. §18.5.6.prproxima empti in factum — `proxima` is a feminine nominative singular modifying the implied noun `actio`. `empti` is the genitive of `emptus` (referring to `actio empti`, the action on purchase). Thus, the phrase means "an action in factum nearest (most similar) to the action on purchase".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.5.6.pr

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