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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.11.pr

Sureties After Son's Death and Loans Against Decree

Passage 7559 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A creditor who lent money to a son under power in violation of the senatus consultum cannot accept a surety from the father after the son's death, as the creditor has no action against the father and there is no inheritance to secure.

[IULIANUS libro duodecimo digestorum. ] §46.1.11.prQui contra senatus consultum filio familias crediderit, mortuo eo fideiussorem a patre accipere non potest, quia neque ciuilem neque honorariam aduersus patrem actionem habet nec est ulla hereditas, cuius nomine fideiussores obligari possent.
[JULIANUS in the twelfth book of the digests.] A person who, contrary to the senatus consultum, has lent money to a son under paternal power, cannot, upon the death of the latter, accept a surety from the father, because he has neither a civil nor an honorary action against the father, nor is there any inheritance in respect of which sureties could be bound.

Notes

  1. 46.1.11.prmortuo eo — An ablative absolute construction indicating the time of the death of the son under power (filius familias).
  2. 46.1.11.prcuius nomine fideiussores obligari possent — The imperfect subjunctive 'possent' in the relative clause expresses a counterfactual potentiality or characteristic ('in respect of which sureties might otherwise be bound'). It explains that since there is no inheritance to serve as the principal debt, no suretyship can legally exist.
  3. 46.1.11.prfideiussorem a patre accipere — 'To accept a surety from the father' means that the father provides or sets up a surety to the creditor.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.11.pr

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