Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.68.pr

Action by Principal on Procurator's Stipulation

Passage 551 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment establishes that a principal cannot sue for a stipulation made by their procurator regarding the principal's property against the procurator's will, provided the mandate did not oppose it.

[IDEM libro tertio responsorum. ] §3.3.68.prQuod procurator ex re domini mandato non refragante stipulatur, inuito procuratore dominus petere non potest.
[THE SAME in the third book of Opinions.] What a procurator stipulates from the property of his principal, the mandate not opposing, the principal cannot claim against the will of the procurator.

Notes

  1. §3.3.68.prQuod — Relative pronoun (neuter accusative singular) with its antecedent omitted, functioning as the direct object of both `stipulatur` in the relative clause and the infinitive `petere` in the main clause.
  2. §3.3.68.prmandato non refragante — Ablative absolute consisting of the noun `mandatum` (mandate, authorization) and the present participle of `refragor` (to oppose). It indicates the condition that the stipulation made by the procurator is not in conflict with the terms of the mandate.
  3. §3.3.68.prinuito procuratore — Ablative absolute consisting of the adjective `inuitus` (unwilling) and the noun `procurator` without a participle of the copula. It modifies the main clause `petere non potest`, meaning "against the will of the procurator".

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.68.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.68.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.