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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.15.4.pr

Novation and Extinction by Aquilian Stipulation

Passage 432 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that the Aquilian stipulation novates and extinguishes all prior obligations and is itself extinguished by acceptilatio, and that this rule applies even to conditional legacies.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo sexto ad Sabinum. ] §2.15.4.prAquiliana stipulatio omnimodo omnes praecedentes obligationes nouat et peremit ipsaque peremitur per acceptilationem: et hoc iure utimur.
[ULPIAN in the forty-sixth book on Sabinus.] The Aquilian stipulation in every way novates and extinguishes all prior obligations, and it is itself extinguished by an acceptilatio; and this is the rule we apply.
ideoque etiam legata sub condicione relicta in stipulationem Aquilianam deducuntur.
And therefore, even legacies left under a condition are brought into the Aquilian stipulation.

Notes

  1. §2.15.4.prhoc iure utimur — The verb `utor` (here in the first-person plural present `utimur`), which governs the ablative case, takes `hoc iure` as its object. This is a common formulaic expression used by Roman jurists to indicate that the described rule is the established law or practice.
  2. §2.15.4.prlegata sub condicione relicta — The perfect participle `relicta` modifies the neuter plural noun `legata` (nominative, serving as the subject of `deducuntur`), meaning "legacies left under a condition." It demonstrates that even future or uncertain obligations can be the subject of the Aquilian stipulation designed for comprehensive novation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.15.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.15.4.pr

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