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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.3.40.pr

Pledge Action via Third-Party Payment and Interdict for Legacies

Passage 7695 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the acquisition of the action on pledge when a third party pays on behalf of a debtor, and the legatee's duty to withdraw from possession upon payment of legacies, along with the heir's right to an interdict.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §46.3.40.prSi pro me quis soluerit creditori meo, licet ignorante me, adquiritur mihi actio pigneraticia.
[MARCIANUS in the third book of Institutes.] If someone pays my creditor on my behalf, even without my knowledge, an action on pledge is acquired for me.
item si quis soluerit legata, debent discedere legatarii de possessione: alioquin nascitur heredi interdictum, ut eos deicere possit.
Likewise, if someone pays the legacies, the legatees must withdraw from possession; otherwise, an interdict arises for the heir, so that he may be able to eject them.

Notes

  1. §46.3.40.prlicet ignorante me — The conjunctional licet (even if) modifies the ablative absolute ignorante me (without my knowledge).
  2. §46.3.40.prut eos deicere possit — The ut clause with the subjunctive possit explains the content or purpose of the preceding noun interdictum, meaning 'an interdict to the effect that / so that he may eject them'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.3.40.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.3.40.pr

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