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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.3.87.pr

Validity of Payment by a General Procurator and Ratification

Passage 7742 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that when a general procurator pays a debt, the principal cannot claim it back, and subsequent ratification by the principal is not required.

[CELSUS libro uicensimo digestorum. ] §46.3.87.prQuodlibet debitum solutum a procuratore meo non repeto, quoniam, cum quis procuratorem omnium rerum suarum constituit, id quoque mandare uidetur, ut creditoribus suis pecuniam soluat neque post ea expectandum est, ut ratum habeat.
[CELSUS, in the twentieth book of the Digests.]\n\nI do not claim back any debt paid by my procurator, because, when anyone appoints a procurator for all his affairs, he is also deemed to mandate this, namely, that the procurator pay money to his creditors, and afterwards one does not have to wait for him to ratify it.

Notes

  1. §46.3.87.prid quoque mandare uidetur, ut creditoribus suis pecuniam soluat — The ut-clause functions as a noun clause in apposition to the demonstrative pronoun id (or as the object of mandare). The main verb uidetur is used personally ('he is deemed to...'), with the subject being quis ('anyone') from the cum-clause.
  2. §46.3.87.prexpectandum est, ut ratum habeat — expectandum est is an impersonal passive gerundive meaning 'it must be awaited' or 'one must wait'. The ut-clause (ut ratum habeat) expresses the object of expectation, and the subject of ratum habeat ('ratify') is the principal (quis), not the procurator.

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