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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.15.pr-3.3.15.1

Defense after Principal's Death and Partition Actions

Passage 498 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section regulates the agent's obligation to accept a trial if the principal dies before the joinder of issue depending on the agent's knowledge, and the scope of appointment and double security in partition actions.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo ad edictum. ] §3.3.15.prSi defunctus sit dominus ante litem contestatam, iudicatum solui stipulatione pro suo procuratore data, procurator compellendus est ad iudicium accipiendum: ita tamen si hoc dominus sciente procuratore et non contradicente fecit.
[ULPIAN, in the eighth book on the Edict.] If the principal dies before the joinder of issue, after security for payment of the judgment has been given on behalf of his agent, the agent must be compelled to accept the trial: provided, however, that the principal did this with the knowledge of the agent and without his objecting.
quod si aliter actum est, inscium quidem procuratorem teneri satis inciuile est, committitur autem ob rem non defensam stipulationis clausula.
But if it was done otherwise, it is indeed quite inequitable for the ignorant agent to be bound, but the clause of the stipulation is forfeited on account of an undefended case.
§3.3.15.1Qui ad communi diuidundo iudicium datus est, ad agendum item et ad defendendum uidebitur datus duplici cautela interponenda.
He who has been appointed for an action to divide common property will be deemed to have been appointed both to sue and likewise to defend, with a double security having to be provided.

Notes

  1. 3.3.15.prsciente procuratore et non contradicente — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun procuratore and the present participles sciente and contradicente, expressing a condition or attendant circumstance.
  2. 3.3.15.prinscium quidem procuratorem teneri — An accusative with infinitive clause serving as the subject of the impersonal expression satis inciuile est.
  3. 3.3.15.1duplici cautela interponenda — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun cautela and the future passive participle (gerundive) interponenda, expressing necessity or a required condition.

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