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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.5.25.pr

Denial of Action on Contracts Made with Fraudulent Intent

Passage 6974 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The praetor declares that no action will be granted on a contract entered into after a debtor whose property is to be sold conceived a plan to defraud, provided that the contracting partner was aware of this intent.

[IDEM libro sexagesimo quarto ad edictum. ] §42.5.25.prAit praetor: 'Quod postea contractum erit, quam is, cuius bona uenierint, consilium receperit fraudare, sciente eo qui contraxerit, ne actio eo nomine detur'.
[THE SAME, on the Edict, book 64] The praetor says: 'Regarding that which shall have been contracted after he whose property is to be sold conceived the plan to defraud, if the person who contracted was aware of it, no action shall be granted under that name.'

Notes

  1. §42.5.25.prpostea... quam — The adverb 'postea' and the relative 'quam' are separated (tmesis), functioning together as the conjunction 'posteaquam' (after). 'receperit' is the verb of the clause introduced by this conjunction (future perfect or perfect subjunctive).
  2. §42.5.25.prsciente eo qui contraxerit — The phrase 'sciente eo' is an ablative absolute using a present participle, where the demonstrative pronoun 'eo' is modified by the relative clause 'qui contraxerit'. It expresses the condition or circumstance: 'with the person who contracted knowing [of the fraudulent intent]'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.5.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.5.25.pr

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