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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.60.pr

Absence of Power to Settle in a General Mandate

Passage 543 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a general mandate does not include a compromise made to settle a dispute, and if the mandator does not ratify it, they cannot be barred from bringing legal actions.

[IDEM libro quarto responsorum. ] §3.3.60.prMandato generali non contineri etiam transactionem decidendi causa interpositam: et ideo si postea is qui mandauit transactionem ratam non habuit, non posse eum repelli ab actionibus exercendis.
[THE SAME in the fourth book of Responses.] A general mandate does not include even a compromise entered into for the purpose of settling a dispute; and therefore, if the mandator subsequently does not ratify the compromise, he cannot be barred from bringing actions.

Notes

  1. §3.3.60.prcontineri — This infinitive (as well as 'posse' later in the sentence) forms an accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction, representing an indirect statement quoted from the 'Responses' indicated in the book title. The subject accusative is 'transactionem', and 'mandato generali' is an ablative (or dative) of place/instrument indicating where it is contained.
  2. §3.3.60.prdecidendi causa — A purpose expression consisting of the genitive gerund 'decidendi' (from 'decido', meaning to settle or decide) modifying 'causa' ('for the sake of', 'for the purpose of'). Here it refers to settling a dispute or litigation.
  3. §3.3.60.prratam non habuit — An idiomatic expression 'ratam habere' meaning 'to ratify, approve, or hold valid'. The feminine accusative singular adjective 'ratam' agrees with the preceding feminine noun 'transactionem', which functions as the object (or rather, predicate accusative of the object).
  4. §3.3.60.prab actionibus exercendis — A construction with the preposition 'ab' and the gerundive. 'actiones exercere' means 'to exercise actions' (i.e., to bring lawsuits), and the gerundive 'exercendis' agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun 'actionibus' (feminine ablative plural).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.60.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.60.pr

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