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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.1.25.pr

No Right of Retention under an Invalid Pledge Contract

Passage 2938 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section stipulates that if a contract of pledge is concluded defectively or invalidly, no right of retention is permitted, even if the creditor's property is transferred to the treasury.

[IDEM libro octauo regularum. ] §20.1.25.prCum uitiose uel inutiliter contractus pignoris intercedat, retentioni locus non est, nec si bona creditoris ad fiscum pertineant.
[THE SAME, in his eighth book of Rules.] When a contract of pledge is entered into defectively or ineffectually, there is no room for retention, not even if the goods of the creditor should fall to the treasury.

Notes

  1. 20.1.25.prretentioni — Dative singular of the noun retentio (retention). It modifies locus non est (there is no room), functioning as a dative of purpose or reference ('room for retention').
  2. 20.1.25.prnec si — A combination of the negative conjunction nec and the conditional si ('not even if'). It introduces a strong concessive conditional clause modifying the preceding negative main clause (retentioni locus non est), indicating that even if the creditor's assets fall to the treasury, the right of retention is still not allowed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.1.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.1.25.pr

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