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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.2.16.pr

Invalidity of Payment to Other Joint Creditor After Action

Passage 7505 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that once one of the two joint stipulators has brought an action, the debtor produces no legal effect by offering payment to the other.

[IDEM libro tertio de uerborum obligationibus. ] §45.2.16.prEx duobus reis stipulandi si semel unus egerit, alteri promissor offerendo pecuniam nihil agit.
[THE SAME, in the third book on Verbal Obligations.] If one of two joint stipulators has once brought an action, the promisor achieves nothing by offering the money to the other.

Notes

  1. §45.2.16.pregerit — The verb `agere` is used here in its technical legal sense, meaning "to bring an action" or "to sue."
  2. §45.2.16.prnihil agit — Literally meaning "does nothing," but in a legal context, it functions as "produces no legal effect" or "is ineffectual."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.2.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.2.16.pr

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