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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.62.pr

Denial of a Surety's Defense of Fraud for Creditor Inaction

Passage 7610 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In response to the question of whether a surety can bar a creditor with a plea of fraud when the creditor fails to act despite being urged to compel the debtor or realize on the pledge, Scaevola replies that the surety cannot do so.

[SCAEUOLA libro quinto responsorum. ] §46.1.62.prSi fideiussor creditori denuntiauerit, ut debitorem ad soluendam pecuniam compelleret uel pignus distraheret, isque cessauerit, an possit eum fideiussor doli mali exceptione summouere? respondit non posse.
[SCAEVOLA, in the fifth book of Opinions.] If a surety has notified the creditor to compel the debtor to pay the money or to realize on the pledge, and the creditor has failed to act, can the surety bar him by the plea of fraud? He replied that he cannot.

Notes

  1. §46.1.62.prisque — The demonstrative pronoun is refers to the preceding creditori (the creditor). Therefore, isque cessauerit means 'and if the creditor has failed to act (despite the surety's notification).'
  2. §46.1.62.prnon posse — This is an accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction depending on the main verb respondit, where both the subject accusative (fideiussorem) and the object of the infinitive (creditorem) are omitted. In context, it means '[the surety] cannot [bar the creditor].'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.62.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.62.pr

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