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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.47.pr-50.17.47.1

Absence of Liability for Advice and Privity of Partnership

Passage 9107 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that no legal liability arises from honest advice unless fraud is involved, and asserts the principle of the privity of partnership.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo ad edictum. ] §50.17.47.prConsilii non fraudulenti nulla obligatio est: ceterum si dolus et calliditas intercessit, de dolo actio competit.
[ULPIANUS, in his thirtieth book on the Edict.] No obligation arises from advice which is not fraudulent; but if fraud and cunning have intervened, an action for fraud is available.
§50.17.47.1Socii mei socius meus socius non est.
The partner of my partner is not my partner.

Notes

  1. §50.17.47.prConsilii — The genitive consilii indicates the source or object of the obligation (nulla obligatio), meaning 'there is no liability arising from/for advice that is not fraudulent.'
  2. §50.17.47.printercessit — Although the subject is plural (dolus et calliditas), the verb intercessit is in the singular form. This is either because the two nouns represent a single combined concept of fraudulent behavior, or due to attraction to the nearest subject (calliditas).
  3. §50.17.47.1socius — The noun socius refers to a partner or associate. This maxim expresses the principle of the privity of contract (that contractual relationships only bind the immediate parties).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.47.pr-50.17.47.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.47.pr-50.17.47.1

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