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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.5.14.pr

Pledge Sale by Heir after Judicial Assignment of Claims

Passage 2998 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the division of an inheritance, when arbitrators assigned common claims to individual heirs in full, a question arose whether an heir could sell the pledge in full if the assigned debtor defaulted; it was answered that this was possible.

[SCAEUOLA libro sexto digestorum. ] §20.5.14.prArbitri diuidundae hereditatis inter heredes cum corpora hereditaria diuisissent, nomina quoque communium debitorum separatim diuersa singulis in solidum adsignauerunt.
[SCAEVOLA from the sixth book of Digests.]\n\nWhen the arbitrators for the division of an inheritance had divided the corporal property of the inheritance among the heirs, they also assigned the claims of common debtors separately and individually to each of them in full.
quaesitum est, an unusquisque eorum, debitore sibi addicto cessante in solutione, pro solido pignus sub eo nomine obligatum uendere possit.
The question was asked whether each of them, if the debtor assigned to him defaulted in payment, could sell the pledge bound under that claim for the whole amount.
respondit potuisse.
He replied that he could.

Notes

  1. §20.5.14.prnomina — The term *nomen* (plural accusative *nomina*) here refers to a 'debt' or 'claim' arising from an entry in an account book.
  2. §20.5.14.prdebitore sibi addicto cessante — An ablative absolute construction where *debitore* (ablative of *debitor*) is the subject, modified by *sibi addicto* ('assigned to him'), and *cessante* (present participle in the ablative) acts as the predicate.
  3. §20.5.14.prrespondit potuisse — Indirect speech acting as the object of *respondit* ('he replied'), with the subject accusative (*eum*, referring to *unusquisque eorum*) and the main verb *uendere* ('to sell') being omitted: '[He replied] that it was possible [for each to sell].'

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