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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.3.pr

Requirement of a Mandate for Acceptilatio by an Agent

Passage 7767 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that a mandatum is required in order to either release or be released by acceptilatio through a procurator.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.3.prPer procuratorem nec liberari nec liberare quisquam acceptilatione sine mandato potest.
[Paulus in the fourth book on Sabinus.] No one can either be released or release another by acceptilatio through a procurator without a mandatum.

Notes

  1. §46.4.3.prnec liberari nec liberare quisquam ... potest — The combination of the negative conjunctions "nec ... nec" and the indefinite pronoun "quisquam" (anyone) forms a general negation: "no one can either ... or ...". It contrasts the passive infinitive "liberari" (to be released, i.e., as a debtor) with the active infinitive "liberare" (to release, i.e., as a creditor).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.3.pr

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