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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.4.pr-46.1.4.1

Sureties for Indemnity Actions and Succession of Heirs

Passage 7552 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that a surety can be provided for the indemnity actions (of mandate or management of affairs) that a surety will have against the principal debtor, and that the surety's obligation binds their heirs because the surety occupies the position of the principal debtor.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo quinto ad Sabinum. ] §46.1.4.prPotest accipi fideiussor eius actionis, quam habiturus sum aduersus eum, pro quo fideiussi, uel mandati uel negotiorum gestorum.
[THE SAME in the forty-fifth book on Sabinus.] A surety can be accepted for that action which I shall have against the person for whom I have become a surety, namely, either the action of mandate or the action for management of affairs.
§46.1.4.1Fideiussor et ipse obligatur et heredem obligatum relinquit, cum rei locum optineat.
A surety is both bound himself and leaves his heir bound, since he occupies the position of the principal debtor.

Notes

  1. §46.1.4.preius actionis ... uel mandati uel negotiorum gestorum — The genitive `eius actionis` modifies the noun `fideiussor` (a surety for that action). The genitives `uel mandati uel negotiorum gestorum` function as appositives or defining genitives specifying the nature of `actionis`, representing `actio mandati` (action of mandate) and `actio negotiorum gestorum` (action for management of affairs).
  2. §46.1.4.1rei locum optineat — The conjunction `cum` is used with the subjunctive `optineat` to express cause (since, because). `rei` is the genitive of `reus` (here meaning the principal debtor), indicating that the surety occupies the position of the principal debtor, thereby passing the liability to their heir.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.4.pr-46.1.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.4.pr-46.1.4.1

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