[IDEM libro quarto pandectarum. ] §50.16.108.pr'Debitor' intellegitur is, a quo inuito exigi pecunia potest.
[THE SAME, in the fourth book of the Pandects.] 'A debtor' is understood to be one from whom money can be demanded against his will.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.108.pr
Legal Definition of a Debtor
Summary
This section defines the legal term 'debtor' as a person from whom money can be demanded against their will.
Notes
- 50.16.108.pra quo inuito — The adjective inuito (ablative masculine singular of inuitus) agrees with the relative pronoun quo (ablative, governed by the preposition a) and is used predicatively to mean 'against his will' or 'unwillingly'.
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