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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.28.pr

Pleading Co-Sureties' Solvency and the Benefit of Division

Passage 7576 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if one co-surety asserts the solvency of the others, he should be granted an exception of division phrased as 'unless they too are solvent' to protect his position.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §46.1.28.prSi contendat fideiussor ceteros soluendo esse, etiam exceptionem ei dandam 'si non et illi soluendo sint'.
[PAULUS in the twenty-fifth book on the Edict.] If a surety contends that the others are solvent, an exception must also be granted to him: 'unless they also are solvent'.

Notes

  1. §46.1.28.prsoluendo — The dative case of the gerundive soluendus. Combined with the verb esse (soluendo esse), it functions as a dative of purpose or suitability, meaning 'solvent' or 'capable of paying' in legal Latin.
  2. §46.1.28.prdandam — The gerundive danda (agreeing with exceptionem) with the copula esse omitted, forming a passive periphrastic construction that expresses obligation or necessity ('must be granted' or 'should be granted').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.28.pr

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