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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.5.pr

Invalidity of Acceptilatio Subject to a Time Limit

Passage 7769 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that an acceptilatio made subject to a future date is invalid, on the grounds that it should immediately release the debtor in the same manner as a payment.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.5.prIn diem acceptilatio facta nullius est momenti: nam solutionis exemplo acceptilatio solet liberare.
[Ulpian in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] An acceptilatio made subject to a future date is of no effect; for, after the example of payment, an acceptilatio is accustomed to release.

Notes

  1. §46.4.5.prin diem — "Subject to a future date" or "with a view to a certain day." Following the previous fragment stating that an acceptilatio cannot be conditional, this clause establishes that adding a time limit or a future date (dies) also renders the acceptilatio void.
  2. §46.4.5.prnullius est momenti — Genitive of quality/value used predicatively with `est`. Literally "it is of no importance/moment," meaning "it is entirely void" or "it has no legal effect."
  3. §46.4.5.prsolutionis exemplo — The ablative `exemplo` ("following the example of") is modified by the genitive `solutionis` ("of payment"). This presents the rationale that just as an actual payment (solutio) immediately extinguishes a debt, an acceptilatio (which functions as an imaginary payment) must also take effect immediately without any postponement by a future date.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.5.pr

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