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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.1.24.pr

Acceptance of Pledge by Persons Prohibited from Buying

Passage 2937 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the rule that a person who is prohibited from purchasing property within a certain jurisdiction is nevertheless not prohibited from accepting a pledge.

[IDEM libro quinto regularum. ] §20.1.24.prIn quorum finibus emere quis prohibetur, pignus accipere non prohibetur.
[THE SAME, in his fifth book of Rules.] Anyone who is prohibited from purchasing within the boundaries of certain authorities is not prohibited from accepting a pledge.

Notes

  1. 20.1.24.prquorum — A relative pronoun in the plural genitive with an implied antecedent (such as magistrates or administrators possessing authority in certain territories), meaning "in whose territories [i.e., of those authorities]." It refers to officials who are legally barred from purchasing land within their own jurisdiction.
  2. 20.1.24.prquis — An indefinite pronoun ("anyone"). Although typically used after particles like si or nisi, here it appears within the relative clause as "anyone [who satisfies the condition]," serving as the subject of both the subordinate verb prohibetur and the main verb non prohibetur.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.1.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.1.24.pr

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