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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.16.pr-45.1.16.1

Alternative Obligations and Annual Stipulations

Passage 7362 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the concentration of an alternative obligation when one of the objects becomes the creditor's property, and the nature of a stipulation "for each year" as a single, perpetual contract, in contrast to a legacy.

[IDEM libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §45.1.16.prSi Stichum aut Pamphilum mihi debeas et alter ex eis meus factus sit ex aliqua causa, reliquum debetur mihi a te.
[THE SAME, in the sixth book on Sabinus.] If you owe me Stichus or Pamphilus and one of them has become mine from some cause, the remaining one is owed to me by you.
§45.1.16.1Stipulatio huiusmodi 'in annos singulos' una est et incerta et perpetua, non quemadmodum simile legatum morte legatarii finiretur.
A stipulation of this kind, "for each year," is single and uncertain and perpetual, unlike how a similar legacy would be terminated by the death of the legatee.

Notes

  1. §45.1.16.prreliquum — In an alternative obligation (Stichus or Pamphilus), when one of the objects becomes the property of the creditor through another cause (ex aliqua causa), the obligation is not extinguished but concentrates on the remaining object (reliquum).
  2. §45.1.16.1una — Even though the payment is agreed "for each year" (in annos singulos), it means that the contract is concluded as a single (una) stipulation, rather than multiple separate stipulations arising every year.
  3. §45.1.16.1finiretur — Subjunctive imperfect. It is used in a comparative clause (non quemadmodum) to contrast the stipulation with how a similar legacy would typically terminate upon the death of the legatee.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.16.pr-45.1.16.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.16.pr-45.1.16.1

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