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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.2.35.pr-34.2.35.1

Delivery of Gold in Kind and Restitution against Judgment

Passage 5195 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus answers whether a legacy of gold requires delivery of the actual material or its price, and whether tutors can seek restitution for a pupil against a praetor's judgment ordering the delivery of the material.

[PAULUS libro quarto decimo responsorum. ] §34.2.35.pr'Titiae amicae meae, cum qua sine mendacio uixi, auri pondo quinque dari uolo': quaero, an heredes ad praestationem integrae materiae auri an ad pretium et quantum praestandum compellendi sint.
[PAULUS, in the fourteenth book of his Opinions.] "I wish five pounds of gold to be given to my friend Titia, with whom I have lived without falsehood": I ask whether the heirs should be compelled to the delivery of the actual material of the gold, or to its price and how much should be paid.
Paulus respondit aut aurum ei, de qua quaeritur, praestari oportere, aut pretium auri, quanti comparari potest.
Paulus replied that either the gold ought to be delivered to her of whom the question is asked, or the price of the gold, at whatever amount it can be purchased.
§34.2.35.1Item quaero, si lite contestata praetor ita pronuntiauit, ut materia praestetur, an tutores audiendi sint ab hac sententia pupillum, aduersus quem pronuntiatum est, apud successorem eius in integrum restituere uolentes.
Likewise I ask, if after joinder of issue the praetor has pronounced that the material should be delivered, whether the tutors should be heard if they wish, from this judgment, to restore the pupil against whom the judgment was pronounced to his original position before his successor.
Paulus respondit praetorem, qui auro legato certi ponderis materiam praestari iussit, recte pronuntiasse uideri.
Paulus replied that the praetor, who ordered the actual material to be delivered when gold of a certain weight was bequeathed, seems to have pronounced correctly.

Notes

  1. §34.2.35.prquanti — Genitive of value/price (genitivus pretii) in the neuter singular of the relative/interrogative pronoun quantus, indicating the price standard for comparari potest (can be purchased).
  2. §34.2.35.1lite contestata — Ablative absolute constructed with the noun lis (lawsuit) and the perfect participle of contestari (to call to witness, join issue). It indicates the formal procedural stage of 'joinder of issue' (litis contestatio) in Roman civil procedure.
  3. §34.2.35.1pupillum ... in integrum restituere uolentes — The present participle uolentes (wishing) modifies tutores (tutors), the subject of the main clause. In the infinitive phrase, pupillum (pupil) is the accusative object of in integrum restituere (to restore to the original condition). The whole phrase means 'tutors wishing to restore the pupil (from the adverse judgment) to his original position'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.2.35.pr-34.2.35.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.2.35.pr-34.2.35.1

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