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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.5.pr

Action on Letting when Rent Is Remitted

Passage 2826 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian argues that even if the rent is remitted after a dwelling is let, any resulting legal action must be brought under the contract of letting and hiring (lease), rather than as a loan for use or a gift.

[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo octauo ad edictum. ] §19.2.5.prSi tibi habitationem locauero, mox pensionem remittam, ex locato et conducto agendum erit.
[ULPIAN, on the Edict, book twenty-eight] I let a dwelling to you and subsequently remit the rent, an action must be brought on the basis of letting and hiring.

Notes

  1. §19.2.5.prex locato et conducto — The phrase 'from letting and hiring' refers to the actions arising from the contract of lease (locatio conductio), namely the 'actio ex locato' and 'actio ex conducto'. Even if the rent is subsequently remitted (remittere), the legal nature of the initial contract remains a lease rather than converting retroactively into a loan for use or a gift, hence these actions apply.
  2. §19.2.5.pragendum erit — This is an impersonal passive periphrastic construction composed of the gerundive 'agendum' and the future tense of the copula 'erit', expressing a future obligation or necessity: 'an action must be brought'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.5.pr

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