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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.89.pr-50.16.89.2

Definitions of Cattle, Marriage, and Accounts

Passage 8903 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains the classification of oxen, the interpretation of the phrase 'while she is married', and the legal distinction between 'rendering' and 'settling' accounts.

[POMPONIUS libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §50.16.89.prBoues' magis armentorum quam iumentorum generis appellantur.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book 6.] Oxen are called of the class of herds rather than of beasts of burden.
H §50.16.89.1oc sermone 'dum nupta erit' primae nuptiae significantur.
By this expression 'while she is married', the first marriage is meant.
§50.16.89.2Inter 'edere' et 'reddi rationes' multum interest: nec is, qui edere iussus sit, reliquum reddere debet: nam et argentarius edere rationem uidetur, etiamsi quod reliquum sit apud eum, non soluat.
There is a great difference between 'rendering' and 'settling accounts'; and he who is ordered to render accounts is not obliged to pay the balance; for even a banker is considered to render an account, although he does not pay the balance remaining in his hands.

Notes

  1. §50.16.89.prgeneris — Genitive singular of the neuter noun genus (class, kind). Here it functions as a predicative genitive (genitive of quality/character) describing the subject boues. The words armentorum (of herds) and iumentorum (of beasts of burden) are genitives plural modifying generis.
  2. §50.16.89.2edere — The active infinitive edere (to render/disclose) implicitly shares the object rationes (accounts) from the subsequent passive infinitive phrase reddi rationes. A legal distinction is made here between merely presenting or disclosing accounts (edere) and actually balancing or settling them (reddi rationes).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.89.pr-50.16.89.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.89.pr-50.16.89.2

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