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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.6.pr-49.14.6.1

Inception of Fiscal Privileges on Acquired Debts

Passage 8527 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the question of when the treasury's privilege begins after succeeding to a private person's rights, the author favors the moment the debt is entered into the debtors' register, while stating that the same privileges apply to the accounts of the Emperor and Empress.

[IDEM libro sexagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §49.14.6.prFiscus cum in priuati ius succedit, priuati iure pro anterioribus suae successionis temporibus utitur: ceterum posteaquam successit, habebit priuilegium suum.
[THE SAME, in the sixty-third book on the Edict.] When the treasury succeeds to the right of a private person, it uses the right of the private person for the times prior to its succession; but after it has succeeded, it will have its own privilege.
sed utrum statim atque coepit ad eum pertinere nomen, an uero posteaquam conuenit debitorem, an posteaquam relatum est inter nomina debitorum, quaeritur.
But it is asked whether this is immediately when the claim begins to belong to it, or indeed after it has sued the debtor, or after it has been entered among the names of the debtors.
et quidem usuras exinde petit fiscales, etsi breuiores debeantur, ex quo conuenit certum debitorem et confitentem.
And indeed, from that time, it demands treasury interest, even if lower interest is owed, from the time it has sued a certain and admitting debtor.
at in priuilegio uarie rescriptum est: puto tamen exinde priuilegio esse locum, ex quo inter nomina debitorum relatum nomen est.
But as to the privilege, different rescripts have been issued; however, I think that there is place for the privilege from the time the claim is entered among the names of the debtors.
§49.14.6.1Quodcumque priuilegii fisco competit, hoc idem et Caesaris ratio et Augustae habere solet.
Whatever privilege belongs to the treasury, the same is also customarily possessed by the account of Caesar and that of the Augusta.

Notes

  1. §49.14.6.prnomen — While normally meaning "name", in commercial and legal contexts it refers to a "claim" or "debt" (specifically a book-debt).
  2. §49.14.6.prconuenit — Used here in the legal sense of "to sue" or "to call upon", taking the accusative debitorem (the debtor) as its object.
  3. §49.14.6.prex quo — A prepositional phrase indicating the starting point in time, corresponding to the preceding exinde, meaning "from the time when".
  4. §49.14.6.1Caesaris ratio — Refers to the private property or account of the Emperor (as distinguished from the state treasury or fiscus).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.14.6.pr-49.14.6.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.14.6.pr-49.14.6.1

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