A Topic of Moral Theology
Juridical Delay of Payment, on Voluntary Cession of Goods, and on Cession in Court
The debtor who cannot pay all: delay granted in law, voluntary cession of goods, and cession in court.
Also asked about as…
bankruptcy · debt relief · handing over goods to creditors · legal delay in paying debts (ed.)
In the index as Cession of goods · Cession of forum · Delay of payment
In the manuals
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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 Third. On Cession of Goods, nn. 518 & 519 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
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)
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, n. 719 (4 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 →
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. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 (11 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)
Treated under the broader heading Causes Extinguishing or Suspending the Obligation of Restitution — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)