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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.28.pr

Security Given by Agents and Attribution of Actions

Passage 511 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the attribution and validity of various actions, such as the equitable action or the action on the judgment, when a procurator or defender receives or gives security for the payment of a judgment.

[IDEM libro primo disputationum. ] §3.3.28.prSi procurator meus iudicatum solui satis acceperit, mihi ex stipulatu actio utilis est, sicuti iudicati actio mihi indulgetur.
[THE SAME, in the first book of Disputations.] If my procurator has received security for the payment of the judgment, an equitable action based on the stipulation is granted to me, just as the action on the judgment is allowed to me.
sed et si egit procurator meus ex ea stipulatione me inuito, nihilo minus tamen mihi ex stipulatu actio tribuetur.
But even if my procurator, against my will, has brought an action on that stipulation, nevertheless the action based on the stipulation will be granted to me.
quae res facit ut procurator meus ex stipulatu agendo exceptione debeat repelli: sicuti cum agit iudicati non in rem suam datus nec ad eam rem procurator factus.
This circumstance has the result that my procurator, in bringing an action on the stipulation, must be repelled by an exception; just as when he brings an action on the judgment when he has neither been appointed for his own benefit nor made a procurator for that matter.
per contrarium autem si procurator meus iudicatum solui satisdederit, in me ex stipulatu actio non datur.
On the other hand, however, if my procurator has given security for the payment of the judgment, an action based on the stipulation is not granted against me.
sed et si defensor meus satisdederit, in me ex stipulatu actio non datur, quia nec iudicati mecum agi potest.
Moreover, even if my defender has given security, an action based on the stipulation is not granted against me, because an action on the judgment cannot be brought against me either.

Notes

  1. §3.3.28.priudicatum solui — The expression 'iudicatum solui satis accipere' is a formulaic legal term in Roman law meaning 'to receive security for the payment of the judgment.' Here, 'iudicatum solui' functions as an objective infinitive phrase.
  2. §3.3.28.prquae res facit ut — This is a connecting relative pronoun ('quae') at the beginning of the sentence, referring back to the entire preceding clause. 'facit ut' introduces a consecutive subjunctive clause ('debeat'), meaning 'this circumstance has the result that...'
  3. §3.3.28.prnon in rem suam datus — This means that he was not appointed as a 'procurator in rem suam' (a procurator for his own interest, i.e., an assignee of the claim). The passive participle 'datus' (appointed) modifies the implied subject (the procurator).
  4. §3.3.28.priudicati mecum agi — The genitive 'iudicati' is used with the impersonal passive infinitive 'agi' to denote the bringing of an action on the judgment ('actio iudicati'). 'mecum' (with me) means 'against me' as the defendant in the trial.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.28.pr

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