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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.3.75.pr

Extinction of Actions by Release and Merger through Inheritance

Passage 7730 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text explains the effects of formal release (acceptilatio) and merger (confusio) in extinguishing actions, using the example of a debtor becoming the creditor's heir.

[IDEM libro octauo regularum. ] §46.3.75.prSicut acceptilatio in eum diem praecedentes peremit actiones, ita et confusio: nam si debitor heres creditori exstiterit, confusio hereditatis peremit petitionis actionem.
[THE SAME, in his eighth book of Rules.] Just as a formal release extinguishes actions preceding that day, so also does merger; for if the debtor becomes the heir to the creditor, the merger resulting from the inheritance extinguishes the action of petition.

Notes

  1. §46.3.75.prin eum diem — The prepositional phrase in eum diem (up to that day) modifies the participle praecedentes (preceding), referring to actions that had arisen prior to the day on which the formal release (acceptilatio) was made.
  2. §46.3.75.prcreditori exstiterit — The verb exsistere (to emerge as, become) governs the dative creditori (to the creditor), indicating the debtor's assumption of the status of heir in relation to the creditor.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.3.75.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.3.75.pr

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