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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.1.5.pr-20.1.5.2

Obligations Secured by Hypothec and Pledges for Others

Passage 2918 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcianus explains that a hypotheca can be established for any kind of obligation, points out that pledge and hypotheca differ in name only, and states that a hypotheca can be given for another person's debt.

[MARCIANUS libro singulari ad formulam hypothecariam. ] §20.1.5.prRes hypothecae dari posse sciendum est pro quacumque obligatione, siue mutua pecunia datur siue dos, siue emptio uel uenditio contrahatur uel etiam locatio et conductio uel mandatum, et siue pura est obligatio uel in diem uel sub condicione, et siue in praesenti contractu siue etiam praecedat: sed et futurae obligationis nomine dari possunt: sed et non soluendae omnis pecuniae causa, uerum etiam de parte eius: et uel pro ciuili obligatione uel honoraria uel tantum naturali.
[MARCIANUS, in the single book on the Hypothecary Formula.] It should be known that property can be given in hypotheca for any obligation whatsoever, whether a loan of money is given or a dowry, or whether a sale, or also a letting and hiring, or a mandate is contracted, and whether the obligation is unconditional, or for a fixed day, or subject to a condition, and whether at the time of the present contract or even if it precedes. But they can also be given in the name of a future obligation; and not only for the sake of paying the whole money, but also for a part of it; and either for a civil obligation, or an honorary one, or merely a natural one.
sed et in condicionali obligatione non alias obligantur, nisi condicio exstiterit.
But also, in a conditional obligation, they are not otherwise bound unless the condition has been fulfilled.
§20.1.5.1Inter pignus autem et hypothecam tantum nominis sonus differt.
But between a pledge and a hypotheca, only the sound of the name differs.
§20.1.5.2Dare autem quis hypothecam potest siue pro sua obligatione siue pro aliena.
But anyone can give a hypotheca either for his own obligation or for that of another.

Notes

  1. §20.1.5.prsciendum est — An impersonal passive periphrastic construction (future passive participle sciendum with est) expressing obligation, which governs the accusative and infinitive (A.c.I.) clause 'res ... dari posse'.
  2. §20.1.5.prnon soluendae omnis pecuniae causa — A gerundive construction in the genitive case, where the gerundive soluendae agrees with omnis pecuniae, governed by the postpositioned causa to express purpose.
  3. §20.1.5.prnon alias ..., nisi condicio exstiterit — A restrictive conditional formulation where non alias ('not otherwise') and nisi ('unless') combine to indicate that the security is bound (obligantur) only if the condition is fulfilled (condicio exstiterit).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.1.5.pr-20.1.5.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.1.5.pr-20.1.5.2

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