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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.57.pr

Bar on Suing Sureties Before Incurrence of Principal Debt

Passage 7605 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the principle that a surety cannot be sued before the principal debtor itself becomes liable.

[SCAEUOLA libro octauo decimo quaestionum. ] §46.1.57.prFideiussor, antequam reus debeat, conueniri non potest.
[SCAEVOLA, in the eighteenth book of Questions.]\n\nA surety cannot be sued before the principal debtor is liable.

Notes

  1. §46.1.57.prreus — While the term usually denotes a "defendant" or "party" to a suit, here it refers specifically to the "principal debtor" (reus principalis) in contrast to the surety (fideiussor).
  2. §46.1.57.prconueniri — The passive present infinitive of the verb conuenire, which in a legal context means "to be sued" or "to be summoned (as a defendant)".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.57.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.57.pr

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