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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.26.14.pr

Reasons for the Precarium Interdict and Its Gracious Nature

Passage 7164 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that the interdict concerning precarium was introduced because no civil law action existed for it, as its nature belongs to the category of donations and beneficence rather than contracted transactions.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo ad Sabinum. ] §43.26.14.prInterdictum de precariis merito introductum est, quia nulla eo nomine iuris ciuilis actio esset: magis enim ad donationes et beneficii causam, quam ad negotii contracti spectat precarii condicio.
[PAULUS, Commentary on Sabinus, book thirteen.] The interdict concerning precarium was introduced with good reason, because there was no civil law action under that name; for the condition of precarium relates more to the category of donations and beneficence than to that of a contracted transaction.

Notes

  1. §43.26.14.presset — The subjunctive mood is used in the quia clause instead of the indicative to indicate the subjective or historical reasoning at the time the interdict was introduced, reflecting the legislative intent or contemporary understanding that no civil action was available.
  2. §43.26.14.prspectat — The verb spectat is used with the preposition ad, meaning 'to relate to' or 'to belong to the sphere of', explaining the legal and social nature of precarium.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.26.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.26.14.pr

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