- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.4.10.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-05
The text explains that an agent of a municipality can be appointed for the notification of new work and entering into stipulations, and details the granting of a beneficial action to the administrator if security is given to the agent.
[PAULUS libro primo manualium.]
[PAULUS, in the first book of Manuals.]
Constitui potest actor etiam ad operis noui nuntiationem et ad stipulationes interponendas,1 ueluti legatorum, damni infecti, iudicatum solui, quamuis seruo potius ciuitatis caueri debeat:2 sed et si actori cautum fuerit,3 utilis actio4 administratori rerum ciuitatis dabitur.
An agent can be appointed also for the purpose of the notification of a new work and for entering into stipulations, such as those regarding legacies, threatened damage, and the payment of a judgment, although security ought rather to be given to a slave of the municipality; but even if security has been given to the agent, a beneficial action will be granted to the administrator of the affairs of the municipality.
- 3.4.10.prstipulationes interponendas
A gerundive construction expressing purpose, governed by the preposition ad: "for the purpose of entering into stipulations."
- 3.4.10.prseruo potius ciuitatis caueri debeat
A passive impersonal construction (caueri debeat) of the verb caueo (to give security, guarantee), with seruo ciuitatis as the dative object: "although security ought rather to be given to a slave of the municipality." This reflects the legal background where municipalities typically acquired rights under formal verbal contracts (stipulations) through their slaves rather than through free agents.
- 3.4.10.prcautum fuerit
The passive impersonal perfect (here future perfect) of caueo, taking the dative actori: "if security has been given to the agent."
- 3.4.10.prutilis actio
Refers to a "beneficial action" (utilis actio) granted by the praetor as an equitable remedy, since under strict civil law (ius ciuile) the rights arising from a stipulation entered into by an agent would not automatically vest in the municipality.