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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.7.pr

Discharge of the Judgment Debtor during the Grace Period

Passage 6858 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a judgment debtor can be released by various means even within the established grace period, as this duration is established by law for the debtor's benefit.

[GAIUS libro ad edictum praetoris urbani tituto de re iudicata. ] §42.1.7.prIntra dies constitutos, quamuis iudicati agi non possit, multis tamen modis iudicatum liberari posse hodie non dubitatur, quia constitutorum dierum spatium pro iudicato, non contra iudicatum per legem constitutum est.
[GAIUS in the book on the Edict of the Urban Praetor, under the title "On Judgment".] Within the established days, although an action on judgment cannot be brought, it is nevertheless not doubted today that the judgment debtor can be released in many ways, because the space of the established days was established by law for the benefit of the judgment debtor, not against him.

Notes

  1. §42.1.7.priudicati agi — The genitive iudicati is an ellipsis for actio iudicati (action on judgment), and together with the impersonal passive infinitive agi, it means "for an action on judgment to be brought."
  2. §42.1.7.priudicatum — The accusative iudicatum, which is the subject of the infinitive clause (iudicatum liberari posse), and the subsequent pro iudicato and contra iudicatum, all refer to the substantivated perfect passive participle of iudicare, meaning "the judgment debtor" (the person condemned).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.7.pr

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