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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.2.88.pr

Pledgee's Claim Limits in an Action for Theft of a Pledge

Passage 7950 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the limits on the amount a creditor can claim in an action for theft of a pledge, distinguishing between theft by a third party and theft by the debtor themselves.

[PAULUS libro primo decretorum. ] §47.2.88.prCreditori actio furti in summam pignoris, non debiti competit.
[PAULUS, in the first book of Decrees.] An action for theft is available to a creditor up to the value of the pledge, not of the debt.
sed ubi debitor ipse subtraxisset pignus, contra probatur, ut in summam pecuniae debitae et usurarum eius furti conueniretur.
But where the debtor himself has taken away the pledge, the contrary is established, namely, that he may be sued in the action for that theft up to the amount of the money owed and its interest.

Notes

  1. §47.2.88.prcompetit — The verb `competit` takes the dative (`Creditori`) to mean that an action or right "is available to" or "belongs to" someone.
  2. §47.2.88.prin summam pignoris, non debiti — The preposition `in` with the accusative `summam` expresses the limitation "up to the sum of" or "to the limit of". In the phrase `non debiti`, the words `in summam` are understood, meaning "not up to the amount of the debt".
  3. §47.2.88.prcontra probatur, ut... — The clause introduced by `ut` functions as a noun clause (an explicative or substantive clause of result) that explains the concrete content of `contra` ("the contrary") in the main clause.
  4. §47.2.88.prfurti conueniretur — The passive of `convenire` (here the imperfect subjunctive `conueniretur`) means "to be sued" and takes the genitive of charge or cause (`furti`) to mean "to be sued for theft".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.2.88.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.2.88.pr

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