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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.7.43.pr

Capacity to Incur Obligations and Exemptions

Passage 7328 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that a paterfamilias who is sui iuris, of puberty, and of sound mind can incur obligations, whereas a pupillus without a tutor's authority and a slave through contracts do not.

[PAULUS libro septuagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §44.7.43.prObligari potest pater familias suae potestatis pubes compos mentis: pupillus sine tutoris auctoritate non obligatur iure ciuili: seruus autem ex contractibus non obligatur.
[PAULUS, from his seventy-second book on the Edict.] A paterfamilias who is sui iuris, of puberty, and of sound mind can be obligated; a pupillus is not obligated under civil law without the authority of his tutor; a slave, however, is not obligated under contracts.

Notes

  1. §44.7.43.prsuae potestatis — A genitive of quality modifying pater familias, meaning "independent of another's power" or sui iuris.
  2. §44.7.43.prnon obligatur — The negation of obligation from contracts for slaves means that they cannot incur civilly or honorarily actionable obligations, without ruling out the "natural obligation" (obligatio naturalis) recognized by jurists.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.7.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.7.43.pr

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