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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.55.pr

Definition of Creditor and the Effect of Exceptions

Passage 8869 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It defines a creditor as one who cannot be barred by a perpetual exception, and states that one who faces a temporary exception is akin to a conditional creditor.

[PAULUS libro sexto decimo breuis edicti. ] §50.16.55.prCreditor autem is est, qui exceptione perpetua summoueri non potest: qui autem temporalem exceptionem timet, similis est condicionali creditori.
[PAULUS on the Short Edict, book 16.] Moreover, a creditor is one who cannot be barred by a perpetual exception; but he who fears a temporary exception is similar to a conditional creditor.

Notes

  1. §50.16.55.prexceptione perpetua — Ablative of means modifying the passive infinitive `summoueri`, meaning "by a perpetual exception."
  2. §50.16.55.prcondicionali creditori — Dative governed by the adjective `similis` ("similar to"), meaning "to a conditional creditor."

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