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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.3.5.pr

Defense by Regretful Debtor to Prevent Asset Sale

Passage 6929 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It rules that a debtor who regrets surrendering his goods can prevent his assets from being sold by defending himself.

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §42.3.5.prQuem paenitet bonis cessisse, potest defendendo se consequi, ne bona eius ueneant.
[PAULUS in the fifty-sixth book on the Edict.] He who regrets having surrendered his goods can, by defending himself, secure that his goods are not sold.

Notes

  1. §42.3.5.prQuem paenitet — The impersonal verb paenitet takes the accusative of the person feeling regret (here the relative pronoun quem with its antecedent omitted) and an infinitive clause representing the cause of regret (bonis cessisse).
  2. §42.3.5.prueneant — The third-person plural present subjunctive of ueneo (to be sold). This verb has active forms but passive meaning, here used in the clause introduced by ne depending on consequi.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.3.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.3.5.pr

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