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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.14.pr

Immediate Due Date for Obligations Without Set Terms

Passage 9074 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the legal rule that in all obligations where no specific day for performance is established, the obligation is due immediately.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §50.17.14.prIn omnibus obligationibus, in quibus dies non ponitur, praesenti die debetur.
[POMPONIUS, in his fifth book on Sabinus.] In all obligations in which no day is set, performance is due immediately.

Notes

  1. §50.17.14.prdies — In this legal context, "dies" refers to a specified "day of performance" or "due date" rather than simply a calendar day.
  2. §50.17.14.prpraesenti die — An ablative of time, meaning "on the present day," which is interpreted legally as "immediately" or "at once."
  3. §50.17.14.prdebetur — The third-person singular passive of the verb "debeo" is used impersonally here, indicating that "duty is owed" or "performance is due."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.14.pr

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