Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.5.7.pr

Inapplicability of the Fabian Action when Loans Are Recoverable

Passage 6009 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if the senatus consultum does not apply and the loan can be recovered, the Fabian action is not available.

[SCAEUOLA libro quinto quaestionum. ] §38.5.7.prErgo si senatus consultum locum non habet, cessat Fauiana, cum exigi possit.

[SCAEVOLA in the fifth book of Questions.] Therefore, if the decree of the senate does not apply, the Fabian action is inapplicable, since recovery can be made.

Notes

§38.5.7.prcum exigi possit — The conjunction `cum` expresses cause ('since' or 'because'). The implied subject of the passive infinitive `exigi` is the loaned money (`pecunia`) or the debt, understood from the context of the preceding section (§38.5.6.pr). If the original debt can be recovered, there is no fraudulent reduction of the patron's assets, and thus the Fabian action (`actio Fauiana`) cannot be brought.
§38.5.7.prFauiana — A feminine singular nominative adjective. The noun `actio` is omitted by ellipsis, referring back to the Fabian action (`actio Fauiana`) mentioned in the preceding section.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.5.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.5.7.pr

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