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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.60.pr

Seller's Eviction Liability Absent an Agreement

Passage 3141 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text stipulates that if no specific amount is agreed upon for liability in the event of eviction, the seller's liability is limited to the single value under the name of eviction and the interest arising naturally from the action on purchase.

[IAUOLENUS libro secundo ex Plautio. ] §21.2.60.prSi in uenditione dictum non sit, quantum uenditorem pro euictione praestare oporteat, nihil uenditor praestabit praeter simplam euictionis nomine et ex natura ex empto actionis hoc quod interest.
[IAUOLENUS libro secundo ex Plautio.] If in a sale it has not been agreed how much the seller ought to guarantee in the event of eviction, the seller shall guarantee nothing except the single value under the name of eviction, and, by the nature of the action on purchase, that which is of interest.

Notes

  1. §21.2.60.prquantum uenditorem pro euictione praestare oporteat — An indirect question clause acting as the subject of the passive verb `dictum non sit` in the conditional clause. The accusative and infinitive construction `uenditorem praestare` (that the seller guarantee) serves as the subject of the impersonal verb `oporteat`.
  2. §21.2.60.prpraeter simplam euictionis nomine et ex natura ex empto actionis hoc quod interest — The preposition `praeter` (except) governs two accusative elements: `simplam` (the single value) and `hoc quod interest` (the interest/indemnity for loss). The phrase `ex natura ex empto actionis` modifies the latter `hoc`, representing the natural consequence of the 'action on purchase' (`actio ex empto`), with a word order inversion where `ex empto` is intercalated.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.60.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.60.pr

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