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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.1.2.pr

Guarantor Liability for Negligence Holding Pledges

Passage 2915 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment establishes that a guarantor who takes possession of pledges or mortgages and pays the debt is liable for negligence under the action of mandate, just like a creditor, but cannot be sued under the specific action concerning the pledge itself.

[IDEM libro tertio responsorum. ] §20.1.2.prFideiussor, qui pignora uel hypothecas suscepit atque ita pecunias soluit, si mandati agat uel cum eo agatur, exemplo creditoris etiam culpam aestimari oportet.
[THE SAME, in the third book of Opinions.] A guarantor who has received pledges or mortgages and has thus paid the money, if he should bring an action of mandate or if one should be brought against him, ought to have his negligence also assessed according to the example of a creditor.
ceterum iudicio, quod de pignore dato proponitur, conueniri non potest.
However, he cannot be sued in the action which is established concerning the giving of a pledge.

Notes

  1. §20.1.2.prmandati — The noun actio (action) is omitted; the genitive mandati (of mandate) designates the cause or type of the lawsuit depending on the verbs agat / agatur (to bring an action). It refers to the action of mandate (actio mandati).
  2. §20.1.2.prexemplo creditoris etiam culpam aestimari oportet — The impersonal verb oportet (it is proper/necessary) governs the accusative and infinitive (A.C.I.) construction culpam aestimari (that negligence be assessed). exemplo creditoris is an ablative phrase of standard/manner, meaning "according to the example/standard of a creditor."
  3. §20.1.2.priudicio... conueniri non potest — conueniri is the present passive infinitive of conuenio (to sue/summon as a defendant), with the main subject fideiussor (guarantor) understood. iudicio is an ablative of instrument ("by means of a lawsuit"), which is modified by the relative clause describing the action based on the pledge (the actio pigneraticia).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.1.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.1.2.pr

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