Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.8.8.pr

Return of Existing Purchase Money to the Buyer

Passage 7009 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is argued that while it can be inferred that no part of the price should be returned to the buyer, an arbitrator may nevertheless order its return if the paid money still exists among the debtor's assets.

[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro sexto interdictorum. ] §42.8.8.prEx his colligi potest ne quidem portionem emptori reddendam ex pretio: posse tamen dici eam rem apud arbitrum ex causa animaduertendam, ut, si nummi soluti in bonis exstent, iubeat eos reddi, quia ea ratione nemo fraudetur.

[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, On Interdicts, Book 6] From these things it can be inferred that not even a portion of the price is to be restored to the buyer; however, it can be said that this matter should be investigated on its merits before an arbitrator, so that, if the money paid remains among the assets, he may order it to be returned, because in this way no one is defrauded.

Notes

42.8.8.prposse tamen dici — The infinitive posse can be construed as dependent on potest (parallel to colligi), or more naturally as an independent impersonal expression ('it can nevertheless be said') introducing a coordinate clause in contrast with the preceding one.
42.8.8.prex causa — Rather than indicating a simple cause, this is a technical legal expression meaning 'upon investigation of the circumstances' or 'on the merits of the case.'
42.8.8.prin bonis exstent — The phrase in bonis (among the assets) refers to a situation where the paid coins still exist and can be identified within the debtor's estate, without being mixed or lost.

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