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§2.15.2.pr

Validity of Compromise by Simple Agreement

Ulpian explains that a compromise can be accepted as executed not only when a formal Aquilian stipulation is attached, but also when a simple agreement has been made.

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[IDEM libro septuagensimo quarto ad edictum.]

[THE SAME in the seventy-fourth book on the Edict.]

§2.15.2.pr

​Transactum accipere1 quis potest non solum, si Aquiliana stipulatio2 fuerit subiecta, sed et si pactum conuentum fuerit factum.

​A person can accept a compromise as executed not only if an Aquilian stipulation has been subjoined, but also if an agreement has been made.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.15.2.prtransactum accipere

    The perfect passive participle transactum (neuter accusative singular, meaning "that which has been compromised") serves as the object of the verb accipere. The phrase transactum accipere means "to accept a compromise as executed" or to acknowledge its legal validity.

  2. 2.15.2.prAquiliana stipulatio

    A formal verbal contract attributed to the late Republican jurist Aquilius Gallus. It was used to novate all outstanding and uncertain obligations between parties into a single stipulation (stipulatio), which was then formally discharged by release (acceptilatio), securing the finality of a compromise.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.15.2.pr