Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.5.4.pr

Extension of Due Date and Suspension of Sale of Pledge

Passage 2988 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that when the date for payment is postponed by agreement, it is deemed to have been agreed that the power to sell the pledge shall not be exercised before that date.

[IDEM libro undecimo responsorum. ] §20.5.4.prCum soluendae pecuniae dies pacto profertur, conuenisse uidetur, ne prius uendendi pignoris potestas exerceatur.

[BY THE SAME AUTHOR from the eleventh book of Opinions.] When the day for the payment of money is postponed by agreement, it is deemed to have been agreed that the power of selling the pledge shall not be exercised beforehand.

Notes

§20.5.4.prsoluendae pecuniae dies — The gerundive soluendae agrees in gender, number, and case with pecuniae, forming a genitive phrase that modifies dies. It literally means "the day of money to be paid," referring to the "due date for the payment of money."
§20.5.4.prconuenisse uidetur, ne... — The verb uidetur ("it is deemed / seems") is used impersonally with the perfect infinitive conuenisse ("to have been agreed"). The clause introduced by ne is a substantive clause of purpose/result with the subjunctive present exerceatur, defining the content of the agreement.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.5.4.pr

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