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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.2.25.pr

Exception of Debtors Pending Patron's Claim to Goods

Passage 5961 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the exception granted to debtors against an heir's suit during the period when a patron is still able to petition for the possession of goods contrary to the will.

[IDEM libro primo ad Urseium Ferocem. ] §38.2.25.prQuamdiu patrono bonorum possessio partis debitae dari potest, exceptio debitoribus datur aduersus heredem petentem: 'si non in ea causa sit patronus, ut bonorum possessionem pro parte debita contra tabulas petere possit'.
[THE SAME, in the first book on Urseius Ferox.] As long as the possession of goods of the due share can be given to the patron, an exception is granted to debtors against the heir who sues: 'if the patron is not in such a position that he can claim the possession of goods for the due share contrary to the will'.

Notes

  1. §38.2.25.prexceptio — The exceptio (exception) here refers to the formulaic condition in the quoted 'si non...' clause. In Roman formulary procedure, exceptions were typically inserted into the formula as a negative condition ('if ... not').
  2. §38.2.25.prut ... possit — This is a clause of result or characterization introduced by ut following ea causa ('such a position/condition'), describing the specific nature of the condition the patron is in.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.2.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.2.25.pr

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