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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.7.6.pr

Rescuer's Penalty Payment and Non-Release of Debtor

Passage 302 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section dictates that a person who rescues a debtor by force does not release the original debtor even if he pays, as he is merely paying his own penalty.

[IDEM libro trigensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §2.7.6.prIs qui debitorem ui exemit, si soluerit, reum non liberat, quia poenam suam soluit.
[THE SAME, in the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.] He who has rescued a debtor by force, even if he pays, does not release the debtor; for he pays his own penalty.

Notes

  1. §2.7.6.prreum — The noun reum (accusative of reus) generally means "defendant" or "obligated party" in a lawsuit, but here it specifically refers back to the debitorem (debtor) mentioned at the beginning of the sentence.
  2. §2.7.6.prsoluerit — The subject of soluerit (future perfect or perfect subjunctive of solvere, "to pay/release") is Is, the antecedent of the relative clause. Its object is omitted but contextually implies the penalty or amount assessed for the illegal rescue.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.7.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.7.6.pr

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