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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.64.pr

Surety Depositing Publicly to Sue under Mandate

Passage 7612 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a surety who offered money to a debtor under twenty-five years of age and deposited it publicly out of fear of restitution in integrum can immediately sue under the mandate.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §46.1.64.prFideiussor, qui minori uiginti quinque annis pecuniam optulit et in publico loco metu in integrum restitutionis consignatam deposuit, confestim experiri mandati poterit.
A surety, who has offered the money to a person under twenty-five years of age and, out of fear of a restitution in integrum, has deposited it sealed in a public place, can immediately sue on the contract of mandate.

Notes

  1. §46.1.64.prminori uiginti quinque annis — The comparative `minori` (dative of `minor`) is accompanied by the ablative of comparison `uiginti quinque annis`. As a whole, it means "to a person under twenty-five years of age" and functions as the dative object of the verb `optulit`.
  2. §46.1.64.prmetu in integrum restitutionis — The ablative of cause `metu` ("out of fear") is qualified by the objective genitive `in integrum restitutionis` ("of a restitution in integrum"). This indicates the surety's concern that the minor under twenty-five might escape the obligation by petitioning for the legal remedy of "restitution in integrum".
  3. §46.1.64.prexperiri mandati — The verb `experiri` here means "to sue" or "to bring an action," and takes the genitive `mandati` to specify the type of action (here, the action of mandate, actio mandati).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.64.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.64.pr

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