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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.12.pr

Acceptilatio of Debts Subject to Term or Condition

Passage 7776 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains that a debt owed with a future date or under a condition can be extinguished by a verbal release, but the release only takes effect when the date arrives or the condition is fulfilled.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo sexto ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.12.prQuod in diem uel sub condicione debetur, acceptilatione tolli potest: sed ita id factum apparebit, si condicio stipulationis extiterit uel dies uenerit.
[POMPONIUS in the twenty-sixth book on Sabinus.] What is owed with a future date or under a condition can be extinguished by a release; but it will appear to have been done only if the condition of the stipulation is fulfilled or the day arrives.

Notes

  1. §46.4.12.prQuod in diem uel sub condicione debetur — A noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun quod ("what is owed with a future date or under a condition"), which functions as the subject of the main verb potest.
  2. §46.4.12.prita id factum apparebit, si — The adverb ita and the conditional conjunction si operate in correlation to express a restrictive condition: "only if..., will it appear to have been done so." Here, id refers back to the extinguishment of the debt (tolli), and factum functions as a predicate adjective/participle with the omission of esse.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.12.pr

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