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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.77.pr

Penalty Incurred upon Death Before the Due Date

Passage 7424 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that when money is promised under a penalty by a certain day and the promisor dies before that day, the penalty is incurred even if the inheritance has not yet been accepted.

[IDEM libro quinquagensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §45.1.77.prAd diem sub poena pecunia promissa et ante diem mortuo promissore committetur poena, licet non sit hereditas eius adita.
[THE SAME, On the Edict, Book 58]\n\nWhen money is promised by a certain day under a penalty, and the promisor dies before the day, the penalty is incurred, even though his inheritance has not been accepted.

Notes

  1. §45.1.77.prmortuo promissore — An ablative absolute consisting of the noun promissore and the participle mortuo, expressing condition ("if the promisor dies") or concession ("even though the promisor dies").
  2. §45.1.77.prlicet — Used here as a conjunction introducing a concessive clause with the subjunctive (sit ... adita), meaning "although" or "even if".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.77.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.77.pr

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