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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.7.8.pr

Extinction of Security Stipulation when Plaintiff Inherits Defendant

Passage 7818 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that the stipulation regarding security is extinguished if the plaintiff becomes the heir to the defendant (the possessor) after security is given but before the joinder of issue.

[PAULUS libro septuagensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §46.7.8.prSi petitor post satisdationem ante iudicium acceptum heres possessori exstiterit, extinguitur stipulatio.
[PAULUS, on the Edict, book 74.] If the plaintiff, after the giving of security and before the joinder of issue, has become the heir to the possessor, the stipulation is extinguished.

Notes

  1. §46.7.8.prante iudicium acceptum — Meaning "before the joinder of issue." The perfect passive participle 'acceptum' agrees with the accusative noun 'iudicium', which is governed by the preposition 'ante'. The participle modifies the noun to express the action itself, functioning like the classical "ab urbe condita" construction.
  2. §46.7.8.prheres possessori exstiterit — Meaning "has become the heir to the possessor." The intransitive verb 'exsistere' takes the predicate nominative 'heres' to mean "to emerge as" or "to become." The dative 'possessori' functions as a dative of reference or relation dependent on 'heres', or as a dative of reference/interest in relation to the predicate verb phrase.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.7.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.7.8.pr

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