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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.3.99.pr

Prohibition of Forcing Payment in Coins Causing Loss

Passage 7755 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a debtor cannot be compelled to accept coins of a different form if he would suffer any loss as a result.

[PAULUS libro quarto responsorum. ] §46.3.99.prRespondit debitorem non esse cogendum in aliam formam nummos accipere, si ex ea re damnum aliquid passurus sit.
[PAULUS, in the fourth book of Opinions.] He answered that a debtor is not to be compelled to accept coins of another form, if he is to suffer any loss from that circumstance.

Notes

  1. §46.3.99.prdebitorem non esse cogendum ... accipere — This is an indirect statement (accusative with infinitive construction) depending on the main verb `Respondit`. `debitorem` is the subject accusative of the passive periphrastic infinitive `esse cogendum` (gerundive `cogendum` + `esse` expressing obligation), which in turn takes the active infinitive `accipere` as its object clause.
  2. §46.3.99.prpassurus sit — The subjunctive is used because it is a subordinate clause within indirect speech, and it takes the active periphrastic form (future participle `passurus` + present subjunctive `sit`) to express a future contingency ('is to suffer').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.3.99.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.3.99.pr

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