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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.4.9.pr

Restriction on Performance at a Place Other than Agreed

Passage 2082 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It establishes the principle that a debtor who promises to make a performance at a specific place cannot perform at any other place without the consent of the stipulator.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo septimo ad Sabinum. ] §13.4.9.prIs, qui certo loco dare promittit, nullo alio loco, quam in quo promisit, soluere inuito stipulatore potest.
[ULPIANUS from the forty-seventh book on Sabinus.] He who promises to give at a certain place cannot, if the stipulator is unwilling, pay at any other place than that in which he promised.

Notes

  1. §13.4.9.prinuito stipulatore — An ablative absolute construction consisting of a noun and an adjective. Since Latin has no present participle for the verb 'to be', the noun stipulatore and the adjective inuito are placed together to express 'against the will of the stipulator' or 'without the stipulator's consent'.
  2. §13.4.9.prnullo alio loco ... soluere ... potest — Scope of negation and structure. The negative adjective nullo modifies alio loco, which, in combination with the main verb potest, creates a total negation ('cannot pay at any other place'). The phrase quam in quo is a comparative clause with the omission of the antecedent (such as in eo loco) before the relative clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.4.9.pr

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