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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.45.pr

Twofold Condemnation and Seller Liability in Redhibitory Action

Passage 3061 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains the twofold condemnation in the redhibitory action, distinguishing between the double penalty imposed when the seller fails to return the price/accessory or release the debtor, and the single penalty when he complies.

[GAIUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium. ] §21.1.45.prRedhibitoria actio duplicem habet condemnationem: modo enim in duplum, modo in simplum condemnatur uenditor.
[GAIUS in the first book on the Edict of the Curule Aediles.] The redhibitory action has a twofold condemnation; for sometimes the seller is condemned for double, sometimes for the single amount.
nam si neque pretium neque accessionem soluat neque eum qui eo nomine obligatus erit liberet, dupli pretii et accessionis condemnari iubetur: si uero reddat pretium et accessionem uel eum qui eo nomine obligatus est liberet, simpli uidetur condemnari.
For if he should neither pay the price nor the accessory, nor release him who shall be bound on that account, he is ordered to be condemned to double the price and the accessory; but if he should return the price and the accessory, or release him who is bound on that account, he is deemed to be condemned for the single amount.

Notes

  1. §21.1.45.prdupli pretii et accessionis — The genitive dupli (and simpli in the subsequent clause) modifying pretii et accessionis is a genitive of penalty or value used with the verb of judicial condemnation condemnari (passive of condemnare), indicating the amount to which the defendant is ordered to be condemned.
  2. §21.1.45.preo nomine — The ablative phrase meaning 'on that account' or 'under that head'. In this context, it refers to a situation where a third party (such as a surety) has become bound or obligated on behalf of the seller in connection with the sale or the price.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.45.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.45.pr

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