A Topic of Moral Theology

Causes Extinguishing or Suspending the Obligation of Restitution

Causes Extinguishing or Suspending the Obligation of Restitution, as treated in Wouters (Article VII. Causes Extinguishing or Suspending the Obligation of Restitution).

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can't afford to pay back · excuses from paying back · when restitution is no longer owed (ed.)

In the index as Restitution · Cessation · Cession of goods · Compensation · Composition · Condonation by the creditor · Prescription · Religious · Restitution, causes suspending · Restitution, causes taking away · Roman Pontiff · Theft

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, Causes Excusing From Restitution, nn. 1797, 1798, 1799 & 1800 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

86. On Causes Excusing from Restitution, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section A: Concerning the …, Question Four: On Causes E…, Article II: On Causes Exempting in Perpetuity, nn. 340, 341 & 342 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Act of Commutative …, On the causes that suspend the obligation of restitution, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Act of Commutative …, On the causes that take away the obligation of restitution, nn. 1–22 & 27–40 (36 passages)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Sixth. On Causes …, Article First. On Condonation, n. 515 — 515. What condonation is and when it excuses. That condonation frees from restitution to be made either at once or simply is manifest: for the creditor can renounce his right. 1. Not only express and tacit condonation, b… Read in context →

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Sixth. On Causes …, Article Third. On Cession of Goods, nn. 518 & 519 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, IV. On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership by Private Will, n. 966 — How does the obligation of contracts cease? - The obligation of contracts ceases: 1. Through payment, or through the furnishing of any thing owed, or also through the execution of the object promised or otherwise owed. C… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. VII, § I. Causes Extinguishing the Obligation, n. 1017 — I. Remission or condonation made by the creditor, provided, of course, those things required for valid condonation are present (St. Alphonsus, III, 700, 1°). Presumed remission for the future suffices, that is, that the … Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. VII, § II, Scholion. On Juridical Delay of Payment, on Voluntary Cession of Goods, and on Cession in Court, nn. 1023, 1024 & 1025 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt II: Whether cession of goods excuses from restitution, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. VII, Subquestion IV: On two fur…, Doubt III: On the causes excusing from restitution on the part of the creditor, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Chapter IV. On the Causes Excusing from Restitution, nn. 716 & 719 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 2. On Causes Excusing for a Time, n. 244 — 244. Cession of goods is said to be that act by which a debtor, unable to pay in full, cedes his goods, so that the creditors may receive at least according to some proportion the money owed to them. 1. A twofold cession… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, n. 600 — 600. 1. Principles. (A) Physical or absolute impossibility, - which consists in this, that the debtor has nothing from which he may restore without reducing himself to extreme necessity, - certainly excuses from restitut… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Restitution in General — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)