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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.16.pr

Recovery of Gifts When Part Is Lost and Part Multiplied

Passage 3526 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Tryphoninus discusses a case where, out of a hundred donated by a husband, fifty is lost with a debtor while the remaining fifty is doubled by interest, concluding that the husband can recover no more than fifty as the donation.

[TRYFONINUS libro decimo disputationum. ] §24.1.16.prQuid ergo si ex centum, quae uir uxori donauit, quinquaginta apud debitorem ex his perierint et alia quinquaginta duplicata usuris uxor habet? non plus quinquaginta eius donationis nomine maritus ab ea consequetur.
[TRYFONINUS libro decimo disputationum.] What then if, out of the hundred which the husband donated to his wife, fifty of these have been lost in the hands of the debtor, and the wife has the other fifty doubled by interest? The husband will recover from her no more than fifty under the title of that donation.

Notes

  1. §24.1.16.prnon plus quinquaginta — The expression 'non plus' is an idiomatic formulation omitting the comparative conjunction 'quam' (equivalent to 'non plus quam'), meaning 'no more than fifty'. 'quinquaginta' functions here as an accusative.
  2. §24.1.16.prduplicata usuris — 'duplicata' is a perfect participle in the accusative neuter plural, modifying 'alia quinquaginta'. 'usuris' is an ablative of means ('by interest'), indicating that the fifty became a hundred through the collection of interest.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.16.pr

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