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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.52.pr

Grounds for the Stipulation of Double Value

Passage 3133 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that for a stipulation of double the value to be enforceable upon eviction, it makes no difference whether it was entered into on the ground of purchase or on some other ground.

[IDEM libro octogesimo primo ad edictum. ] §21.2.52.prSciendum est nihil interesse, ex qua causa duplae stipulatio fuerit interposita, utrum ex causa emptionis an ex alia, ut committi possit.
[THE SAME, Book LXXXI on the Edict.] It must be known that, so that the stipulation of the double can be committed, it makes no difference from what cause it was entered into, whether from the cause of purchase or from another.

Notes

  1. §21.2.52.prduplae — Genitive modifying stipulatio. It is a feminine genitive singular, with the noun pecuniae (money) understood, meaning "stipulation of the double [amount]".
  2. §21.2.52.prcommitti — Passive infinitive. In legal terminology, it means that the condition of the stipulation (stipulatio) has been fulfilled, making the obligation "enforceable" or "committed."
  3. §21.2.52.prut committi possit — A clause with ut + subjunctive. It depends on the main predicate nihil interesse, indicating the purpose or precondition: "in order that [the stipulation] can be committed."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.52.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.52.pr

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