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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.7.50.pr

Debtor's Choice of Performance Day within a Specified Year

Passage 7335 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the rule that a debtor who is obligated to make a performance in a certain year has the authority to perform on any day of that year.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo ex Plautio. ] §44.7.50.prQuod quis aliquo anno dare promittit aut dare damnatur, ei potestas est quolibet eius anni die dandi.
[POMPONIUS, on Plautius, book VII] As for what someone promises to give or is condemned to give in some year, he has the power of giving it on any day of that year.

Notes

  1. 44.7.50.prQuod — Relative pronoun (neuter singular accusative) with its antecedent omitted. It functions as the direct object of the infinitive `dare` in the relative clause, and also as the logical object of the gerund `dandi` ("giving that which...") in the main clause.
  2. 44.7.50.prei — Dative singular, referring back to the subject of the relative clause, `quis`. It functions as a dative of possession with `potestas est` ("he has the power").
  3. 44.7.50.prquolibet ... die — Ablative. Composed of `quolibet` (ablative masculine singular of `quilibet`, "any ... you please") and `die` (ablative of `dies`, "day"), functioning as an ablative of time when ("on any day").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.7.50.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.7.50.pr

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