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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.2.74.pr

Theft by Unauthorized or Premature Sale of Pledges

Passage 7936 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a person who receives a pledge is liable for theft if they sell it without an agreement or before the due date while the debt remains unpaid.

[IAUOLENUS libro quinto decimo ex Cassio. ] §47.2.74.prSi is, qui pignori rem accepit, cum de uendendo pignore nihil conuenisset, uendidit, aut ante, quam dies uenditionis ueniret pecunia non soluta, id fecit: furti se obligat.
[JAVOLENUS in the fifteenth book on Cassius.] a person who received a thing as a pledge sold it when nothing had been agreed upon about selling the pledge, or did so before the day of sale arrived while the money was unpaid, he makes himself liable for theft.

Notes

  1. §47.2.74.prpignori — Dative of the noun pignus (pledge), expressing purpose or role ("as a pledge").
  2. §47.2.74.prpecunia non soluta — Ablative absolute, expressing an attendant circumstance or condition ("without the money being paid").
  3. §47.2.74.prfurti — Genitive of charge, which, combined with the verb se obligat, means "makes himself liable for theft."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.2.74.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.2.74.pr

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