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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.14.1.pr

Right of Brokers to Claim Brokerage Fees

Passage 8804 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that brokerage fees (proxenetica) can be legally claimed as a matter of right.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo secundo ad Sabinum. ] §50.14.1.prProxenetica iure licito petuntur.
[ULPIANUS, in the forty-second book on Sabinus.] Brokerage fees are claimed by lawful right.

Notes

  1. §50.14.1.prProxenetica — The nominative plural of the neuter noun proxeneticum (brokerage fee or commission), which originates from the Greek προξενητικόν.
  2. §50.14.1.priure licito — An ablative phrase consisting of the noun ius (law, right) and the adjective licitus (permitted, lawful). It functions here as an ablative of means or basis, meaning "by lawful right" or "by a permitted right."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.14.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.14.1.pr

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