Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.1.10.pr

Expenses on Goods for Sale as Useful Expenses

Passage 3669 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that if the objects on which expenses were incurred were intended for sale, such expenses are classified as useful rather than voluptuary.

[PAULUS libro trigesimo sexto ad edictum. ] §25.1.10.prQuod si hae res, in quibus impensae factae sunt, promercales fuerint, tales impensae non uoluptariae, sed utiles sunt.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book 36] But if these things, on which expenses have been incurred, were intended for sale, such expenses are not voluptuary, but useful.

Notes

  1. §25.1.10.prQuod si — The word 'quod' here is a connective relative (adverbial accusative), linking the sentence to the preceding context, meaning 'But if'.
  2. §25.1.10.prpromercales — The feminine nominative plural of the adjective 'promercalis' ('for sale', 'marketable'), predicatively modifying 'hae res'. Expenses that enhance the value of goods meant for sale are deemed 'useful' ('utiles') rather than merely 'voluptuary' ('uoluptariae') because they facilitate the sale.
  3. §25.1.10.prfuerint — The future perfect indicative (or perfect subjunctive) is used in the 'si'-clause, indicating that the fulfillment of this condition temporally and logically precedes the state expressed by 'sunt' in the main clause.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.1.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.1.10.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.