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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.5.3.pr

Action with Prescribed Words for Innominata Contracts

Passage 2890 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus explains that whenever contracts arise that have no specific names established under civil law, it is necessary to resort to the action with prescribed words.

[IULIANUS libro quarto decimo digestorum. ] §19.5.3.prin quam necesse est confugere, quotiens contractus existunt, quorum appellationes nullae iure ciuili proditae sunt.
[JULIANUS in the fourteenth book of Digests.] to which it is necessary to have recourse, whenever contracts exist, of which no names have been established by civil law.

Notes

  1. §19.5.3.prin quam — The relative pronoun `quam` (feminine accusative singular) refers back to the singular noun `actio` (or specifically `actio praescriptis uerbis`) implied from `actionum` in the preceding section (19.5.2.pr). It functions as a relative connection (nexus relativus) linking the sentences.
  2. §19.5.3.prproditae sunt — Perfect passive of the verb `prodere` (to publish, hand down, establish). Here it is used in a legal context meaning '(legal names or institutions) have been established or recognized'. The subject is `appellationes` (feminine plural).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.5.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.5.3.pr

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