Skip to content- Aliena negotia exacto officio geruntur. The business of another is conducted with scrupulous attention.
- Alienum negotium ratihabitione fit meum. By ratification somebody else’s business becomes mine. Cf. Dig. 3.5.5.11. & Dig. 3.5.5.12.
- Cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, solvitur societas. When any partner has renounced the partnership, the partnership is dissolved.
- Ea quae raro accidunt non temere in agendis negotiis computantur. Those things that rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason.
- Furiosus stipulari non potest nec aliquod negotium agere, qui non intelligit quid agit. An insane person who knows not what he does cannot make a bargain or transact any business.
- Id quod interest non solum ex damno dato constat sed etiam ex lucro cessante. The sum at issue includes not only the loss sustained but also the profit curtailed. Cf. CJ 7.47.
- In societate omnium bonorum, omnes res quae coentium sunt continuo communicantur. In a partnership sharing all goods, all things that belong to the members are immediately shared. Dig. 17.2.1.1.
- In suo quisque negotio hebetior est quam in alieno. Everyone is less perceptive (of flaws) in his own business than in that of another.
- Lucrum non intelligitur nisi omni damno deducto; neque damnum, nisi lucro deducto. It is not considered profit except with every loss deducted; nor is it considered loss except with profit deducted. Dig. 17.2.30.
- Nemo debet immiscere se rei alienae ad se nihil pertinenti. No one should interfere in another’s business that does not at all concern him.
- Nemo debet in communione invitus teneri. No one should be retained in a partnership against his will.
- Omnis fructus non iure seminis sed iure soli percipitur. Every fruit (or profit) is realized not by right of the seed but right of the soil. Dig. 22.1.25pr. • In the example, a joint farming venture shares the harvest even if only one of the partners did the planting.
- Si alicujus rei societas sit et finis negotio impositus est, finitur societas. If there is a partnership in any matter, and the business is ended, the partnership ceases.
- Socii mei socius meus socius non est. The partner of my partner is not my partner.
- Socii plures sunt quasi unum corpus, in eo quod unum jus habent, et oportet quod corpus sit integrum et quod in nulla parte sit defectus. Several partners are as one body, since they have one right, and it is necessary that the body be perfect, and that there be defect in no part.
- Sodales legem quam volent, dum ne quid ex publica lege corrumpant, sibi ferunto. Let the associates (or partners) make for themselves what law they choose, so long as they do not violate any provision of the public law. 1 Bl. Com. (ch. 18) 464.
- Solvitur adhuc societas etiam morte socii. A partnership is also dissolved by the death of a partner.
