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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.4.26.pr-4.4.26.1

Stipulation in Case of Doubtful Agency and Security for Absentees

Passage 728 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text discusses the remedy by entering into a stipulation when there is doubt about the mandate of a representative, and the security to be given by a defender when the accused party is absent.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §4.4.26.prQuod si de speciali mandatu dubitetur, cum restitutio postuletur, interposita stipulatione ratam rem dominum habiturum rei potest mederi.
[PAULUS in the eleventh book on the Edict.] But if, when restitution is demanded, there is doubt about the special mandate, the situation can be remedied by entering into a stipulation that the principal will ratify the transaction.
§4.4.26.1Quod si is, qui circumscripsisse dicitur, absit, defensor eius satis iudicatum solui dare debebit.
But if he who is said to have defrauded is absent, his defender will have to give security that the judgment will be satisfied.

Notes

  1. §4.4.26.prrei — Dative object of the verb `mederi` (to remedy). The main clause `potest mederi` is used impersonally ('it is possible to remedy'), taking the dative `rei` (the matter, situation).
  2. §4.4.26.prratam rem dominum habiturum — An accusative with infinitive clause (with `esse` omitted from the future active participle `habiturum`) expressing the content of the `stipulatio` (stipulation). The legal expression `ratam rem habere` means 'to approve/ratify (what another has done)', referring here to a guarantee (cautio de rato) that the principal will ratify the agent's act.
  3. §4.4.26.1satis iudicatum solui dare — A tmesis of the compound verb `satisdare` (to give security) into `satis` and `dare`. `iudicatum solui`, meaning 'that the judgment be paid/satisfied' (with the passive infinitive `solui`), expresses the content of the security (cautio iudicatum solui) to be provided.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.4.26.pr-4.4.26.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.4.26.pr-4.4.26.1

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