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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.24.6.pr

Liability and Discharge for Sub-Mandated Construction

Passage 7132 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the liability under the interdict concerning force or clandestinity when one mandates another to perform a new work and that other mandates a third party, as well as the release of liability for other parties if one of them satisfies the obligation.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §43.24.6.prSi ego tibi mandauero opus nouum facere, tu alii, non potest uideri meo iussu factum: teneberis ergo tu et ille: an et ego tenear, uideamus.
[PAULUS libro sexagensimo septimo ad edictum.] If I mandate you to do a new work, and you mandate another, it cannot be deemed to have been done by my order: therefore, you and that other person will be held liable. Let us see whether I too should be held liable.
et magis est et me, qui initium rei praestiterim, teneri: sed uno ex his satisfaciente ceteri liberantur.
And it is more likely that I too, who provided the origin of the matter, should be held liable; but if one of them gives satisfaction, the others are released.

Notes

  1. 43.24.6.prtu alii — In contrast to the preceding conditional clause `Si ego tibi mandauero`, the perfect (or future perfect) subjunctive verb `mandaueris` (or `mandaueris facere`) is omitted, and must be supplied as meaning 'and you should mandate another'.
  2. 43.24.6.pret magis est et me, qui initium rei praestiterim, teneri — `magis est` is used impersonally with the accusative and infinitive construction `me ... teneri`, meaning 'it is more correct that...' or 'the prevailing view is that...'. The `et` preceding `me` means 'I too'. The subjunctive perfect `praestiterim` in the relative clause `qui...` conveys a causal or characteristic nuance ('since I provided the origin of the matter').
  3. 43.24.6.pruno ex his satisfaciente — An ablative absolute construction with a present participle, expressing a conditional sense ('if one of these gives satisfaction').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.24.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.24.6.pr

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