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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.25.pr

Commencement of Surety Liability Acquired by Estate Slave

Passage 7533 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses when the period of liability for sureties begins to run if they are received by a slave belonging to an inheritance not yet accepted, or by a slave of a captive in the hands of the enemy, citing Cassius' opinion.

[UENULEIUS libro duodecimo stipulationum. ] §45.3.25.prSi seruus hereditarius stipulatus fuerit et fideiussores acceperit posteaque adita fuerit hereditas, dubitatur, utrum ex die interpositae stipulationis tempus cedat an ex adita hereditate: item si seruus eius, qui apud hostes sit, fideiussores acceperit.
[VENULEIUS, from the twelfth book on Stipulations.] If a slave belonging to an inheritance has stipulated and received sureties, and afterwards the inheritance is accepted, it is doubted whether the time begins to run from the day of the concluded stipulation or from the acceptance of the inheritance; and the same applies if the slave of a person who is in the hands of the enemy has received sureties.
et Cassius existimat tempus ex eo computandum, ex quo agi cum eis potuerit, id est ex quo adeatur hereditas aut postliminio dominus reuertatur.
And Cassius thinks that the time is to be calculated from when it was possible to bring an action against them, that is, from when the inheritance is accepted or the master returns by right of postliminium.

Notes

  1. §45.3.25.prtempus cedat — The idiomatic expression `tempus cedere` means that a legal period of time (here, the period of limitation or duration of liability for sureties) "begins to run" or "starts to elapse."
  2. §45.3.25.prtempus ex eo computandum — This is an accusative with infinitive construction (indirect speech) dependent on the main verb `existimat`, with `esse` omitted after `computandum`. The gerundive `computandum` expresses obligation ("must be calculated" or "is to be calculated").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.3.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.3.25.pr

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