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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.20.pr

Validity of Stipulations by Slaves Donated Mortis Causa

Passage 3530 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses how the effect of a stipulation entered into by a slave donated mortis causa remains in suspense during the donor's lifetime and is resolved or confirmed in accordance with the ultimate outcome of the donation.

[IAUOLENUS libro undecimo epistularum. ] §24.1.20.prSi is seruus, qui uxori mortis causa donatus est, prius quam uir decederet stipulatus est, in pendenti puto esse causam obligationis, donec uir aut moriatur aut suspicione mortis, propter quam donauit, liberetur: quidquid autem eorum inciderit, quod donationem aut peremat aut confirmet, id quoque causam stipulationis aut confirmabit aut resoluet.
[IAUOLENUS libro undecimo epistularum.] If a slave, who has been donated to a wife mortis causa, has entered into a stipulation before the husband passed away, I think that the cause of the obligation is in suspense, until the husband either dies or is freed from the apprehension of death because of which he made the donation; but whichever of those events occurs that either extinguishes or confirms the donation, it will also either confirm or dissolve the cause of the stipulation.

Notes

  1. §24.1.20.prstipulatus est — Third-person singular perfect of the deponent verb stipulari. It is used in the sense of "having extracted a promise" or "having acquired a right as a stipulator" in a verbal contract (stipulatio), rather than assuming an obligation.
  2. §24.1.20.prin pendenti — A combination of the preposition in and the neuter singular ablative substantive of the adjective pendens (pending, hanging). A legal idiom meaning "in suspense" or "undecided" pending the fulfillment of a condition.
  3. §24.1.20.prquidquid ... quod ... peremat — The structure is quidquid eorum... quod... Here, quidquid is a compound relative pronoun, eorum is a partitive genitive, and the relative clause quod peremat aut confirmet (with subjunctives of characteristic) modifies quidquid, meaning "whichever of those things occurs that either extinguishes or confirms the donation."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.20.pr

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