[PAULUS libro quadragensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §50.17.166.prQui rem alienam defendit, numquam locuples habetur.
[PAULUS, in the forty-eighth book on the edict.] He who defends another's property is never held to be solvent.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.166.pr
Presumption of Solvency Denied to Defender of Property
Summary
States the principle that one who defends another's property in legal proceedings is never presumed to be solvent merely by that fact.
Notes
- §50.17.166.prlocuples — Beyond the general meaning of "wealthy," in the context of Roman legal procedure, it specifically denotes being "solvent" or "having sufficient property to provide security."
- §50.17.166.prhabetur — The third-person singular present passive of the transitive verb habeo ("to hold, regard"), taking the nominative complement locuples with the subject of the relative clause (Qui...), meaning "is regarded as."
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