A Topic of Moral Theology
A Contract Void by Civil Law
Whether a contract the civil law declares void still binds in conscience, and what an oath added to it changes.
The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
contract invalid under civil law · is a contract binding in conscience if the state voids it · legally void contract (ed.)
In the index as Contract · Contracts · Donation · Civil interdictions · Civil law · Consent required for contract · Substitution · Testament · Compensation · Condition · Culpable delay · Faith · Fictitious consent in contracts · Fideicommissum · Interposition · Interpretation · Irritation of a contract · Oath · Obligation · Pious cause · Rescindable Contract · The dead
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § VI, Point VII, Scholion. On a Contract Void by Civil Law, nn. 859, 860 & 861 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part II — Chapter I: On Contracts in General, nn. 617, 618 & 619 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question Five: On the Effect or Obligation of Contract, nn. 470, 471 & 472 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. II, Question Four: On Principles Common to Donation and Testament, nn. 499 & 500 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Article I. On an Oath Added to a Contract, n. 497 — I say. Contracts void by whatever law are not made firm by oath; but valid and licit contracts are made firm. - The reason for the first is that an oath follows the nature of the act; and the reason for the second, becau… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation XI: On Testame…, Question IV: Whether an heir instituted in a testament invalid at civil law through defect of solemnity can take the inheritance in the forum of conscience, despoiling the heir who succeeds on intestacy, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 1. Unlawful Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Effects of a Contract Confirmed by Oath — Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)