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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.12.pr

Accepting Sureties in an Action on Peculium

Passage 7560 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is explained that a surety can be rightly accepted in the case of an action concerning the peculium which lies against the father.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo tertio digestorum. ] §46.1.12.prPlane eius actionis nomine, quae de peculio aduersus eum competit, fideiussor recte accipitur.
[THE SAME in the forty-third book of the digests.] Clearly, in the name of that action which lies against him concerning the peculium, a surety is rightly accepted.

Notes

  1. §46.1.12.preum — The pronoun eum (accusative) refers to the "father (patre)" mentioned in the preceding fragment (§46.1.11.pr).
  2. §46.1.12.prcompetit — The verb competere is used in the legal sense of "to be available" or "to lie" (of an action), and its subject is the relative pronoun quae (with actionis as its antecedent).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.12.pr

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