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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.58.pr

Recovery of Pledges Seized and Sold Without Judgment

Passage 6910 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that if pledges are seized and sold when no judgment has preceded, they can be recovered.

[IDEM libro septimo disputationum. ] §42.1.58.prSi, cum nulla sententia praecessisset, capta sunt et distracta pignora, possunt reuocari.
[THE SAME, in the seventh book of Disputations.]\n\nIf, when no judgment had preceded, pledges were seized and sold, they can be recovered.

Notes

  1. §42.1.58.prcum nulla sententia praecessisset — The conjunction cum with the subjunctive pluperfect praecessisset expresses a circumstantial or concessive force ("even though no judgment had preceded") within the conditional si clause.
  2. §42.1.58.prdistracta — The verb distrahere is used here in a legal sense, meaning to "sell" or "liquidate" the seized pledges.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.58.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.58.pr

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