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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.2.10.pr

Restoration of Sureties and Pledges Released through Duress

Passage 647 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if sureties are released from an obligation due to fear applied by a debtor, an action lies to bring them back into the obligation, and that under the judge's discretion, the debtor must not only restore the obligation but also provide suitable sureties and return pledges.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §4.2.10.prIllud uerum est, si ex facto debitoris metum adhibentis fideiussores acceptilatione liberati sunt, etiam aduersus fideiussores agi posse, ut se reponant in obligationem.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, book 4] It is true that, if by the act of a debtor who applies fear the sureties have been released by acceptilation, an action can also be brought against the sureties so that they may place themselves back into the obligation.
si metu a te coactus acceptam tibi stipulationem fecerim, arbitratu iudicis, apud quem ex hoc edicto agitur, non solum illud continetur, ut in tua persona redintegretur obligatio, sed ut fideiussores quoque uel eosdem uel alios non minus idoneos adhibeas: praeterea ut et pignora quae dederas in eandem causam restituas.
If, compelled by fear by you, I should release you from a stipulation by acceptilation, by the discretion of the judge before whom action is brought under this edict, not only is this included, that the obligation be restored in your person, but also that you provide sureties, either the same ones or others no less solvent; furthermore, that you also restore the pledges which you had given to the same legal condition.

Notes

  1. §4.2.10.prIllud uerum est — Illud is a proleptic pronoun pointing to the subsequent accusative-with-infinitive clause etiam aduersus fideiussores agi posse.
  2. §4.2.10.pracceptam tibi stipulationem fecerim — acceptum facere (to hold as received) is a legal idiom meaning to release a debt arising from a stipulation through an oral discharge (acceptilation). Here it means 'if I have released you from the stipulation by acceptilation.'
  3. §4.2.10.prnon solum illud continetur, ut — illud anticipates the immediate clause ut ... redintegretur obligatio. This ut clause, along with the parallel clauses sed ut ... adhibeas and praeterea ut ... restituas, are all subject to or dependent on continetur as the specific contents of restitution to be ordered under the discretion of the judge (arbitratu iudicis).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.2.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.2.10.pr

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