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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.4.25.pr-4.4.25.1

Recovery of Undue Payments and Agency in Restitution

Passage 727 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses that a minor is granted an analogous action for recovery even if they paid a non-existent debt under circumstances where civil law does not allow recovery, and that a petition for restitution must be made either by the minor themselves or by a procurator with a specific mandate.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §4.4.25.prIllud non habet dubitationem, quin minor si non debitum soluerit ex ea causa, ex qua iure ciuili repetitio non est danda, sit ei utilis actio ad repetendum: cum et maioribus uiginti quinque annis iustis ex causis dari solet repetitio.
[GAIUS in the fourth book on the Provincial Edict.] There is no doubt that if a minor has paid what was not due for a reason based on which a recovery is not granted under civil law, an analogous action for recovery should be granted to him; since a recovery is usually granted even to persons over twenty-five years of age for just causes.
§4.4.25.1Si talis interueniat iuuenis, cui praestanda sit restitutio, ipso postulante praestari debet aut procuratori eius, cui id ipsum nominatim mandatum sit: qui uero generale mandatum de uniuersis negotiis gerendis alleget, non debet audiri.
If such a young person appears, to whom restitution ought to be granted, it must be granted upon his own petition, or to his procurator to whom this very thing has been specifically mandated; but he who alleges a general mandate for conducting all affairs ought not to be heard.

Notes

  1. 4.4.25.prmaioribus uiginti quinque annis — Ablative of comparison `viginti quinque annis` with the comparative `maioribus`, meaning "persons over twenty-five years of age" (i.e., adults). It is in the dative case as the indirect object of `dari`.
  2. 4.4.25.1ipso postulante — Ablative absolute consisting of `ipse` and the present participle `postulante`, expressing the condition "upon his own petition" (if he himself requests it).
  3. 4.4.25.prutilis actio — Refers to an "analogous action" (utilis actio) granted by the praetor by modifying the formula for the sake of relief, when the ordinary recovery (repetitio) under civil law is not available.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.4.25.pr-4.4.25.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.4.25.pr-4.4.25.1

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