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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.48.pr-19.2.48.1

Actions in Subcontracting and Damages for Non-Return

Passage 2869 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage discusses the lessor's action in subletting a contracted task, and the determination of damages based on the oath in court when a leased movable is not returned.

[IDEM libro octauo digestorum. ] §19.2.48.prSi cui locauerim faciendum quod ego conduxeram, constabit habere me ex locato actionem.
[THE SAME, from the eighth book of the Digests.] If I have sublet to someone the making of something which I myself had contracted to make, it will be established that I have an action on the lease.
§19.2.48.1Qui seruum conductum uel aliam rem non immobilem non restituit, quanti in litem iuratum fuerit damnabitur.
He who does not restore a hired slave or any other movable thing shall be condemned in the amount sworn to in the lawsuit.

Notes

  1. §19.2.48.prfaciendum — A gerundive agreeing in gender, number, and case with the relative pronoun `quod` (the object of `conduxeram`), expressing purpose. Used with `locare`, it denotes subletting or delegating the execution of a contracted task.
  2. §19.2.48.1quanti — A genitive of value or price. It specifies the amount of condemnation under the verb `damnabitur`, meaning that the defendant will be condemned in the amount sworn to by the plaintiff in court (iusiurandum in litem).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.48.pr-19.2.48.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.48.pr-19.2.48.1

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