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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.46.pr

Invalidity of a Lease for a Nominal Rent

Passage 2867 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that a lease for a single coin is void as a lease, because it effectively amounts to a donation.

[Ulpianus libro sexagesimo nono ad edictum. ] §19.2.46.prSi quis conduxerit nummo uno, conductio nulla est, quia et hoc donationis instar inducit.
[ULPIANUS, from the sixty-ninth book on the Edict.] If anyone leases for one coin, the lease is void, because this also introduces the likeness of a donation.

Notes

  1. §19.2.46.prnummo uno — Ablative of price. It means "for one coin" (a nominal sum), indicating that the contract lacks real consideration.
  2. §19.2.46.prdonationis instar — The indeclinable noun instar governs the genitive (donationis) and means "the likeness of" or "equivalent to." Here it signifies that a contract with a nominal rent legally assumes the character of a donation rather than a lease.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.46.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.46.pr

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