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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.123.pr

Invalidity of Stipulations for Illegal Acts

Passage 7471 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states that a stipulation is void from the beginning if it is formulated for the purpose of committing a disgraceful act or on account of one already committed.

[PAPINIANUS libro primo definitionum. ] §45.1.123.prSi flagitii faciendi uel facti causa concepta sit stipulatio, ab initio non ualet.
[PAPINIANUS, Definitions, book 1.] If a stipulation is formulated for the purpose of committing a disgraceful act, or on account of one already committed, it is void from the beginning.

Notes

  1. §45.1.123.prflagitii faciendi uel facti causa — faciendi is a gerundive in the genitive agreeing with flagitii, expressing the 'purpose' of committing a future disgraceful act, while facti is a perfect participle in the genitive, referring to an act already committed as the 'reason'. Both are governed by the postpositional ablative causa ('for the sake of' / 'by reason of'), illustrating the invalidity of stipulations based on illegal or immoral grounds.
  2. §45.1.123.prconcepta sit — The third-person singular of the perfect passive subjunctive of concipere (to draft, formulate). The subjunctive is used in the conditional si clause to present a general or hypothetical assumption.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.123.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.123.pr

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