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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.17.pr

Invalidity of Stipulation Dependent on Promisor Discretion

Passage 7363 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a stipulation is invalid if its fulfillment is left entirely to the discretion of the promisor.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo octauo ad Sabinum. ] §45.1.17.prStipulatio non ualet in rei promittendi arbitrium collata condicione.
[ULPIAN, in the twenty-eighth book on Sabinus.] A stipulation is not valid when a condition has been left to the discretion of the promisor.

Notes

  1. §45.1.17.prcollata condicione — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect passive participle 'collata' and the ablative noun 'condicione', here functioning as a conditional clause ('if a condition is referred to'). The phrase 'conferre in' with the accusative means 'to refer or leave a matter to someone's decision'.
  2. §45.1.17.prrei promittendi — Genitive singular of 'reus promittendi', which refers to the promisor (debtor) in a stipulation, as opposed to 'reus stipulandi', the promisee (creditor).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.17.pr

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