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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.59.pr

Valuation of Goods Due under Term or Condition at Maturity

Passage 7406 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that when olive oil is stipulated with a term or under a condition, its valuation must be assessed at the time the obligation falls due, as any other timing would result in an unfair disadvantage.

[IDEM libro octagensimo octauo digestorum. ] §45.1.59.prQuotiens in diem uel sub condicione oleum quis stipulatur, eius aestimationem eo tempore spectari oportet, quo dies obligationis uenit: tunc enim ab eo peti potest: alioquin alias rei captio erit.
[THE SAME, in the eighty-eighth book of the Digests.] Whenever anyone stipulates for olive oil to be delivered on a specified day or under a condition, its valuation must be looked at as of that time when the day of the obligation arrives; for only then can it be demanded from him; otherwise, there will be a disadvantageous valuation of the thing at another time.

Notes

  1. §45.1.59.prin diem — The preposition in followed by the accusative is a legal idiom meaning to stipulate with a future specified day or term.
  2. §45.1.59.preius aestimationem eo tempore spectari oportet — The impersonal verb oportet governs the accusative-with-infinitive construction, where aestimationem is the subject accusative and spectari is the passive infinitive. The pronoun eius refers back to oleum.
  3. §45.1.59.prcaptio — While in classical Latin captio means 'taking' or 'capture', in Roman legal contexts it often signifies 'detriment', 'loss', or 'disadvantage'. Here, it refers to the unfair financial disadvantage resulting from valuing the property at an improper time.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.59.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.59.pr

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