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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.23.pr

Prohibition of Rescinding a Lease for Too Low Rent

Passage 2844 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that once a lease has been contracted, it cannot be rescinded on the grounds of too low a rent unless fraud by the other party is proven.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §19.2.23.pret ideo praetextu minoris pensionis, locatione facta, si nullus dolus aduersarii probari possit, rescindi locatio non potest.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitomes of Law, book 2] And therefore, once a lease has been made, if no fraud on the part of the adversary can be proven, the lease cannot be rescinded under the pretext of too low a rent.

Notes

  1. §19.2.23.prlocatione facta — An ablative absolute construction (noun locatione + perfect participle facta), expressing here the prerequisite or established fact that the lease has been contracted.
  2. §19.2.23.prpraetextu minoris pensionis — The ablative praetextu ("under the pretext of / on the ground of") governs the genitive minoris pensionis containing a comparative adjective. In connection with the preceding fragment (22.3) regarding the validity of agreeing on a price lower than the market value, it refers to the pretext of "too low a rent (compared to the actual value)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.23.pr

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