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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.3.9.pr

Existence of Debt and Enforceability before Due Date

Passage 5682 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus clarifies that the establishment of a debt under a legacy does not automatically make it immediately enforceable, as a performance due on a specific day is already legally owed even before that day arrives.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum. ] §36.3.9.prnon tamen ut statim peti possint: deberi enim dicimus et quod die certa legatario praestari oportet, licet dies nondum uenerit.
[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum.] This does not mean, however, that they can be sued for immediately; for we say that even what must be paid to a legatee on a specific day is owed, although that day has not yet arrived.

Notes

  1. 36.3.9.prnon tamen ut — An ellipsis of a main verb (such as fit or sequitur) is assumed after non tamen. The conjunction ut introduces a noun clause of result, meaning "it does not, however, follow that..."
  2. 36.3.9.prdeberi enim dicimus et quod die certa legatario praestari oportet — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction dependent on dicimus. The subject of the passive infinitive deberi is the headless relative clause quod ... oportet (with the antecedent id omitted). The word et functions as an adverb meaning "even" or "also".
  3. 36.3.9.prlicet — A concessive conjunction ("although", "even if") taking the perfect subjunctive uenerit (third-person singular of venire).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.3.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.3.9.pr

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