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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.125.pr

Scope of General Stipulations Limited to Due Debts

Passage 7473 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that a general stipulation for 'whatever you ought to give or do' includes only those obligations that are already due on the present day.

[PAULUS libro secundo quaestionum. ] §45.1.125.prCum stipulamur 'quidquid te dare facere oportet', nihil aliud in stipulationem deducitur quam quod praesenti die debetur: hoc enim solum haec stipulatio demonstrat.
[PAULUS, Questions, book 2.] When we stipulate "whatever you ought to give or do," nothing other is brought into the stipulation than what is due on the present day; for this alone is what this stipulation points to.

Notes

  1. 45.1.125.prpraesenti die — Ablative of time, meaning 'on the present day.' It refers to an obligation that is subject to no condition or future date, and is thus immediately due and actionable.
  2. 45.1.125.prin stipulationem deducitur — A legal idiom meaning 'is brought into the stipulation,' i.e., is made the object or subject matter of the contract.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.125.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.125.pr

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