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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.17.pr

Subordination of Fiscal Penalty Claims to Ordinary Creditors

Passage 8538 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the claims of the fiscus for penalties are postponed to the claims of ordinary creditors.

[MODESTINUS libro secundo de poenis. ] §49.14.17.prIn summa sciendum est omnium fiscalium poenarum petitionem creditoribus postponi.
[MODESTINUS, On Punishments, Book II.] In short, it must be known that the petition for all fiscal penalties is postponed to the creditors.

Notes

  1. §49.14.17.prcreditoribus postponi — The passive infinitive postponi takes the dative creditoribus to mean "to be postponed to the creditors" (i.e., to rank after the claims of the creditors). It indicates that the claims of the fiscus for penalties are subordinate to the rights of ordinary creditors.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.14.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.14.17.pr

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