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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.66.pr

Loss of Debtor Status Through a Just Exception

Passage 9126 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus states that a person who has obtained a just exception that is not contrary to natural equity ceases to be a debtor.

[IDEM libro sexagensimo digestorum. ]
[THE SAME, in the sixtieth book of the Digests.] MARCELLUS.
§50.17.66.prMARCELLUS. Desinit debitor esse is, qui nanctus est exceptionem iustam nec ab aequitate naturali abhorrentem.
He ceases to be a debtor who has obtained a just exception which is not inconsistent with natural equity.

Notes

  1. 50.17.66.prdesinit... is, qui — The verb `desinit` is placed at the beginning of the sentence, with its subject, the demonstrative pronoun `is`, following it. `is` serves as the antecedent of the relative pronoun `qui`, forming the core structure 'he who... ceases to be...'.
  2. 50.17.66.prabhorrentem — Accusative feminine singular of the present participle `abhorrens` (from `abhorreo`), which, introduced by the negative conjunction `nec`, stands in parallel with the adjective `iustam` to modify `exceptionem`. Together with the prepositional phrase `ab aequitate naturali`, it means 'not inconsistent with natural equity'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.66.pr

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