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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.11.pr

Definition of Creditor as Anyone Owed a Debt on Any Basis

Passage 8825 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius defines the term 'creditors' broadly, stating that it includes not only those who have lent money but all individuals to whom any debt is owed for any reason.

[GAIUS libro primo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.16.11.pr'creditorum' appellatione non hi tantum accipiuntur, qui pecuniam crediderunt, sed omnes, quibus ex qualibet causa debetur:
[GAIUS, in the first book on the Provincial Edict.] By the term 'creditors', not only those are understood who have lent money, but all those to whom a debt is owed for any reason whatsoever:

Notes

  1. §50.16.11.prcreditorum — A genitive plural of the noun creditor, functioning as a genitive of definition (genitivus definitivus) or appositional genitive modifying appellatio, meaning 'the term of "creditors"'.
  2. §50.16.11.prdebetur — The third-person singular passive of the verb debeo. It is used here in an impersonal sense or with an implied general subject (such as aliquid, 'something'), meaning 'a debt is owed' or 'there is an obligation'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.11.pr

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