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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.68.pr-21.2.68.1

Eviction Exclusion on Pledges and Recourse After Delegation

Passage 3149 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

§21.2.68.pr discusses that a buyer has no exception against paying the price under an eviction-exclusion clause when a pledge is sold, and §21.2.68.1 rules that a creditor choosing delegation cannot sue the released debtor even if the pledges are evicted.

[IDEM libro undecimo responsorum. ] §21.2.68.prCum ea condicione pignus distrahitur, ne quid euictione secuta creditor praestet: quamuis pretium emptor non soluerit, sed uenditori cauerit, euictione secuta nullam emptor exceptionem habebit, quo minus pretium soluat.
[The same, Book 11 of Opinions.] When a pledge is sold under the condition that, in the event of eviction, the creditor shall perform nothing: although the buyer has not paid the price but has only given security to the seller, the buyer will have no exception to avoid paying the price upon eviction.
§21.2.68.1Creditor, qui pro pecunia nomen debitoris per delegationem sequi maluit, euictis pignoribus quae prior creditor accepit nullam actionem cum eo qui liberatus est habebit.
A creditor who preferred to pursue the claim of the debtor by delegation instead of money will have no action against the debtor who was released, even if the pledges which a prior creditor had received are evicted.

Notes

  1. §21.2.68.prne quid euictione secuta creditor praestet — The clause introduced by 'ne' post-modifies or stands in apposition to 'condicione', expressing the terms of the sale. 'euictione secuta' is an ablative absolute.
  2. §21.2.68.prquo minus pretium soluat — The conjunction 'quo minus' introduces a clause of prevention or avoidance. Here it functions adjectivally to modify 'exceptionem', meaning 'an exception to avoid paying the price'.
  3. §21.2.68.1nomen debitoris per delegationem sequi — The term 'nomen' refers to a debt or claim in the debtor's name, and 'sequi' means to pursue or enforce it. 'delegatio' implies a legal substitution of debtors; once the original debtor is released (liberatus est), the creditor cannot bring an action against them even if the pledge is later evicted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.68.pr-21.2.68.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.68.pr-21.2.68.1

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