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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.1.17.pr

Pursuit of Pledges and Action in Rem for Creditors

Passage 2930 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian concisely defines that the pursuit of a pledged object gives rise to an action in rem for the creditor.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §20.1.17.prPignoris persecutio in rem parit actionem creditori.
[ULPIAN, in his fifteenth book on the Edict.] The pursuit of a pledge gives rise to an action in rem for the creditor.

Notes

  1. 20.1.17.prin rem — The prepositional phrase 'in rem' modifies 'actionem', forming the technical Roman legal term 'actio in rem' (an action in rem). Although its position could grammatically allow it to modify 'persecutio' ('pursuit in rem'), it is most appropriate to construe it with 'actionem' in light of standard Roman legal and procedural terminology.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.1.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.1.17.pr

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