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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.9.pr

Acceptance of Sureties for a Part of an Obligation

Passage 7557 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius states the rule that sureties can be validly and rightly accepted for only a part of the money or the thing that constitutes the principal obligation.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo sexto ad Sabinum. ] §46.1.9.prFideiussores et in partem pecuniae et in partem rei recte accipi possunt.
[POMPONIUS in the twenty-sixth book on Sabinus.] Sureties can be rightly accepted both for a part of the money and for a part of the thing.

Notes

  1. §46.1.9.prin partem — The preposition `in` with the accusative `partem` (accusative singular of `pars`, "part") here expresses the limitation of the scope of the guarantee ("for a part"). It indicates that a surety can be legally accepted for only a fraction of the principal debt.
  2. §46.1.9.prpecuniae ... rei — `pecunia` (money, genitive `pecuniae`) and `res` (thing, genitive `rei`) represent the two main categories of the object of obligations in Roman law. This clause explicitly shows that a surety can be provided not only for a portion of a monetary debt but also for a portion of a non-monetary obligation, such as the delivery of a specific thing.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.9.pr

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