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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.100.pr

Conditions Referring to Past or Present Time

Passage 7447 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus explains that a condition referred to past or present time either immediately voids the obligation or makes it effective without any delay.

[MODESTINUS libro octauo regularum. ] §45.1.100.prCondicio in praeteritum, non tantum praesens tempus relata statim aut peremit obligationem aut omnino non differt.
[MODESTINUS, book eight of the Rules] A condition referred to past time, and not only to present time, either immediately destroys the obligation or does not delay it at all.

Notes

  1. §45.1.100.prrelata — Perfect passive participle of the verb refero (nominative feminine singular), modifying the subject condicio. The preposition in governs both praeteritum (substantive 'past') and praesens tempus.
  2. §45.1.100.praut peremit obligationem aut omnino non differt — Two verbs are connected by the correlative conjunctions aut... aut... (either... or...). Since conditions referring to past or present facts are already objectively settled, they either immediately prevent the obligation from arising if unmet (peremit), or make it immediately effective without suspending its performance if met (non differt).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.100.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.100.pr

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