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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.5.1.pr

Sale of Property at the Debtor's Jurisdiction

Passage 6950 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the principle that a debtor's property should be sold in the place where that person is legally bound to be defended (jurisdiction).

[GAIUS libro uicesimo tertio ad edictum prouinciale. ] §42.5.1.prUenire bona ibi oportet, ubi quisque defendi debet, id est
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, book 23] Property ought to be sold in the place where everyone is bound to be defended, that is

Notes

  1. §42.5.1.pruenire — This is the infinitive of uēneō ('to be sold', derived from uēnum + eō), not from veniō ('to come'). Here, combined with the subject bona ('goods/property'), it forms the infinitive clause subject to the impersonal verb oportet.
  2. §42.5.1.prdefendi — Present passive infinitive of defendō ('to defend'). In the context of Roman civil procedure, it refers to appearing in court and defending oneself as a defendant. The phrase quisque defendi debet denotes the jurisdiction where each person is legally expected to answer a lawsuit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.5.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.5.1.pr

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