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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.5.4.pr

Sureties and the Action for Negotiorum Gestio

Passage 575 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section examines whether a surety in this situation can bring an action, concluding that an action for business managed is available unless the surety was provided with the intention of making a gift.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo quinto ad Sabinum. ] §3.5.4.prSed uideamus, an fideiussor hic habere aliquam actionem possit: et uerum est negotiorum gestorum eum agere posse, nisi donandi animo fideiussit.
[THE SAME, on Sabinus, book 45.] But let us see whether the surety in this case can have any action; and it is true that he can bring an action for business managed, unless he acted as surety with the intention of making a gift.

Notes

  1. §3.5.4.prnegotiorum gestorum — This is a genitive used with the verb `agere` (to bring an action), where the noun `actione` (by an action) is omitted, representing the standard elliptical expression for bringing an action for business managed.
  2. §3.5.4.prdonandi animo — The genitive of the gerund `donandi` (of giving) modifies the noun `animo` (intention/mind) in the ablative, functioning together as an ablative of manner ("with the intention of making a gift").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.5.4.pr

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