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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.5.7.pr-13.5.7.1

Promises to Sons in Power and Third Parties Without Action

Passage 2090 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian affirms that a promise made to a son under paternal power is valid, and cites Julian's view that when one stipulates for payment to oneself or a third party, a promise cannot be made in the third party's own name due to their lack of a right of action.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §13.5.7.prSed et si filio familias constituatur, ualet constitutum.
[ULPIANUS, from the twenty-seventh book on the Edict.] But also, if a promise is made to a filius familias, the informal promise is valid.
§13.5.7.1Si mihi aut Titio stipuler, Titio constitui suo nomine non posse Iulianus ait, quia non habet petitionem, tametsi solui ei possit.
Julian says that if I stipulate for payment to myself or to Titius, an informal promise cannot be made to Titius in his own name, because he does not have a right of action, even though payment can be made to him.

Notes

  1. §13.5.7.prfilio familias — familias is an archaic genitive singular of the first declension; the entire phrase filio familias functions as a dative, meaning "to a son under paternal power".
  2. §13.5.7.1stipuler — First-person singular present subjunctive of the deponent verb stipulor (to stipulate, or extract a promise). It governs the dative phrase mihi aut Titio (to myself or to Titius).
  3. §13.5.7.1constitui — Present passive infinitive of constituo (to promise, or establish). It is used impersonally to mean "that a promise cannot be made," forming an accusative-and-infinitive construction dependent on Iulianus ait.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.5.7.pr-13.5.7.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.5.7.pr-13.5.7.1

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