indebitum

indebitum (in-deb-i-t[schwa]m), n. & adj. Roman law. A debt that in fact is not owed. • Money paid for a nonexistent debt could be recovered by the action condictio indebiti. Cf. DEBITUM.

“A conditional debt if paid could be recovered as an indebitum, so long as the condition was outstanding.” W.W. Buckland, A Manual of Roman Private Law 255 (2d ed. 1939).

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