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exceptio non numeratae pecuniae

exceptio non numeratae pecuniae phrase: an exception whereby a defendant can claim that the plaintiff has not paid the money to him and that therefore the obligation is not owing.

Phrase

exceptio non numeratae pecuniae

  1. An exception whereby a defendant can claim that the plaintiff has not paid the money to him and that therefore the obligation is not owing.
    • In my opinion a defendant in an action for provisional sentence on a mortgage bond who has renounced the benefit of the exceptio non numeratae pecuniae is not debarred either in the provisional case or in the principal case from raising the defence that he did not receive the money in respect of...COHEN v LOUIS BLUMBERG (PTY), LTD AND ANOTHER 1949 (2) SA 849 (W)

Origin of exceptio non numeratae pecuniae

Latin phrase. exceptio (“an exception”) + non (“not (having)”) + numero - atis ("to count") + pecunia (“money”).

Questions about exceptio non numeratae pecuniae

What does exceptio non numeratae pecuniae mean?
Exceptio non numeratae pecuniae means an exception whereby a defendant can claim that the plaintiff has not paid the money to him and that therefore the obligation is not owing.
What part of speech is exceptio non numeratae pecuniae?
Exceptio non numeratae pecuniae is a phrase.

Words near exceptio non numeratae pecuniae in the dictionary

  1. exceptants
  2. excepted
  3. exceptest
  4. excepting
  5. exceptio metus
  6. exceptio non numeratae pecuniae
  7. exceptio quod metus causa
  8. exception
  9. exception handler
  10. exception handlers
  11. exception handling

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