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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.59.pr

Status and Accounting of a Surety Receiving Pledges

Passage 7607 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus answers that a surety to whom pledges from co-sureties have been transferred is considered to stand in the place of the pledgee rather than a buyer, and therefore fruits and interest must be accounted for.

[IDEM libro quarto responsorum. ] §46.1.59.prPaulus respondit fideiussorem, in quem pignora a confideiussoribus data translata sunt, non emptoris loco substitutum uideri, sed eius qui pignora accepit, et ideo rationem fructuum et usurarum haberi oportere.
[THE SAME, in the fourth book of Opinions.] Paulus replied that a surety, to whom the pledges given by the co-sureties have been transferred, is seen not to be substituted in the place of a buyer, but in the place of him who received the pledges, and therefore an account of the fruits and interest must be taken.

Notes

  1. §46.1.59.preius qui pignora accepit — The noun 'loco' from the preceding clause is understood after 'eius', meaning 'in the place of him who...'.
  2. §46.1.59.prrationem fructuum et usurarum haberi oportere — The impersonal verb 'oportere' takes the passive infinitive clause 'rationem... haberi' (that an account... be taken) as its subject. The entire structure is part of the accusative and infinitive construction (indirect speech) dependent on the main verb 'respondit'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.59.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.59.pr

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