Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.23.pr

Eviction of Dowry after Wife's Death and Double Stipulation

Passage 3104 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the case where eviction occurs after the woman's death, explaining that recourse to the stipulation for double value is available because the husband can sue the woman's heirs and the heirs can sue the seller.

[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §21.2.23.prSed et si post mortem mulieris euincatur, regressus erit ad duplae stipulationem, quia ex promissione maritus aduersus heredes mulieris agere potest et ipsi ex stipulatu agere possunt.

[ULPIANUS, Commentary on Sabinus, Book Twenty-Nine.] But even if the eviction should take place after the death of the woman, there will be recourse to the stipulation for double value, because the husband can bring an action against the heirs of the woman on the basis of the promise, and they themselves can bring an action on the basis of the stipulation.

Notes

21.2.23.prregressus erit — Meaning 'there will be recourse (or a right of recovery)'. It refers to the right of an intermediary (here, the heirs of the woman) to seek recovery against the original seller based on the stipulation of double value (stipulatio duplae) when eviction occurs.
21.2.23.prex promissione ... ex stipulatu — Two bases of action are contrasted. The former, 'ex promissione', refers to the husband's basis of action against the wife's heirs (likely regarding the promise to return the dowry), while the latter, 'ex stipulatu', refers to the action on the stipulation (actio ex stipulatu) brought by the heirs against the seller based on the stipulation of double value.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.23.pr

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