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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.111.pr

Protection of Spouses under Covenants of Non-Interference

Passage 7458 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author discusses whether interference with a third party (such as a spouse or someone entering on one's behalf) triggers the breach of a covenant of non-interference with use or passage, advocating for a broader interpretation.

[IDEM libro quinto ad Quintum Mucium. ] §45.1.111.prSi stipulatus fuero 'per te non fieri, quo minus mihi illa domo uti liceat', an etiam, si me non prohibeas, uxorem autem meam prohiberes, uel contra uxore mea stipulata me prohibeas, an committatur stipulatio? et latius est haec uerba sic accipi.
[THE SAME, book five on Quintus Mucius.] If I should have stipulated 'that it shall not be brought about through you that I am not allowed to use that house', would the stipulation be committed (breached) if, although you do not prevent me, you should prevent my wife, or, conversely, if my wife having stipulated, you prevent me? And it is more liberal that these words be understood in this way.
nam et si stipulatus fuero 'per te non fieri, quo minus mihi uia itinere actu uti liceat', etsi non me, sed alium nomine meo ingredientem prohibeas, sciendum erit committi stipulationem.
For even if I should have stipulated 'that it shall not be brought about through you that I am not allowed to use a road, a footway, or a driving-way', even if you do not prevent me, but prevent another person entering in my name, it must be known that the stipulation is committed.

Notes

  1. §45.1.111.prper te non fieri, quo minus — This is an infinitive construction based on the impersonal phrase fit per aliquem quo minus... ('it is brought about by someone that... not'), serving as the object infinitive of stipulatus fuero.
  2. §45.1.111.pruxore mea stipulata — An ablative absolute construction using the perfect participle of the deponent verb stipulor, which has an active sense: 'my wife having stipulated'.
  3. §45.1.111.prcommittatur — A technical term in legal Latin; the passive committi refers to a condition or a stipulation (especially of non-interference) being triggered, fulfilled, or breached, thereby giving rise to liability.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.111.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.111.pr

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