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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.5.7.pr

Requirement of Sureties over Pledges in Praetorian Guarantees

Passage 7794 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that praetorian guarantees (satisdationes) require the personal intervention of sureties, and cannot be substituted by pledges or deposits of money, gold, or silver.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto decimo ad edictum. ] §46.5.7.prPraetoriae satisdationes personas desiderant pro se interuenientium et neque pignoribus quis neque pecuniae uel auri uel argenti depositione in uicem satisdationis fungitur.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, Book XIV] Praetorian guarantees require the persons of those who intervene on one's behalf, and no one can perform the function in place of a guarantee either by pledges or by the deposit of money, gold, or silver.

Notes

  1. §46.5.7.prpersonas ... interuenientium — The genitive plural present participle 'interuenientium' (of those who intervene) modifies 'personas' (persons, bodies). This emphasizes that a 'satisdatio' (security by sureties) in Roman law requires personal/human guarantors.
  2. §46.5.7.prin uicem satisdationis fungitur — The verb 'fungitur' (from fungor) governs the ablatives 'pignoribus' and 'depositione', meaning 'to perform the function of' or 'to serve as a substitute'. 'in uicem' with the genitive 'satisdationis' means 'in place of a guarantee'. Together, they express that no one can substitute a guarantee with pledges or deposits.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.5.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.5.7.pr

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