[LICINNIUS RUFINUS libro octauo regularum. ] §44.7.58.prPupillus mutuam pecuniam accipiendo ne quidem iure naturali obligatur.
[LICINNIUS RUFINUS, Rules, Book VIII] A pupillus, by receiving money as a loan, is not obligated even by natural law.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.7.58.pr
Absence of Natural Obligation of a Ward in Loan of Money
Summary
It states the principle that a pupillus (ward), by receiving money as a loan, does not incur any obligation, not even under natural law.
Notes
- §44.7.58.praccipiendo — A gerund in the ablative case, expressing the means or cause ("by receiving").
- §44.7.58.prne quidem iure naturali — The correlative negation ne ... quidem encloses the words they emphasize, meaning "not even by natural law". This emphasizes that the ward does not incur even a natural obligation (obligatio naturalis), let alone a civil one.
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