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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.28.pr

Buyer's Remedies When Seller Fails to Provide Security

Passage 3043 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section outlines the two legal remedies available to the buyer (an action for rescission within two months, or an action for the amount of the buyer's interest within six months) if the seller fails to provide the security required by the edict of the aediles.

[GAIUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium. ] §21.1.28.prSi uenditor de his quae edicto aedilium continentur non caueat, pollicentur aduersus eum redhibendi iudicium intra duos menses uel quanti emptoris intersit intra sex menses.
[GAIUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium.] If the seller does not provide security concerning those matters which are contained in the edict of the aediles, they [the aediles] promise against him an action for rescission within two months, or [an action] for the amount of the buyer's interest within six months.

Notes

  1. §21.1.28.prpollicentur — The third-person plural present of the deponent verb polliceor, where the implied subject is 'the aediles' (the authors of the edict). The direct objects are 'redhibendi iudicium' and the implied 'iudicium' in the subsequent clause.
  2. §21.1.28.prquanti emptoris intersit — A construction with the impersonal verb interest. It uses the genitive of value 'quanti' and the genitive of the person concerned 'emptoris' (of the buyer), meaning 'how much it concerns (is of interest to) the buyer'. The noun 'iudicium' (action) is implied, referring to an action for the buyer's interest (effectively an action for a reduction in price, actio quanti minoris, or damages).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.28.pr

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