Actio quanti minoris
In ancient Roman law, the actio quanti minoris corresponded to today's German warranty claim from reduction . The claim had to be asserted within a period of twelve months after becoming aware of it and could therefore still be raised if the conversion had already expired.
In the digests the actio quanti minoris can be found in addition to the right to change from actio redhibitoria in Book XXI in Chapter 1: De aedilicio edicto et redhibitione et quanti minoris . Originally, change and reduction in the purchase of cattle and slaves could be demanded. The Jumentenedict is spoken of, which, however, also applied to the slave edict. Iustinian later extended the warranty for material defects to the purchase of all items.
The actio quanti minoris found entry into the warranty rights of the continental European codifications, for example in the sense of § 441 BGB (sales law), as action en diminution de prix in Art. 1622 Code civil , or § 985 ABGB and as a general reduction clause in Art. 1.103 Código civil .
literature
- Heinrich Honsell : Roman law, 5th edition. Springer, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-540-42455-5 , p. 135.
Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Hausmaninger , Walter Selb : Römisches Privatrecht , Böhlau, Vienna 1981 (9th edition 2001) (Böhlau-Studien-Bücher) ISBN 3-205-07171-9 , p. 244.
- ↑ Heinrich Honsell : Roman Law, 5th edition. Springer, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-540-42455-5 , p. 124.
- ↑ Ulpian : Digest 21.1.38 pr.
- ↑ Ulpian: Digest 21.2.1 pr.
