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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.20.pr

Validity of Stipulation on Debtor Ceasing to Be Liable

Passage 7366 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that a stipulation to pay what a debtor owes when he ceases to be a debtor is valid as if made under any other condition.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §45.1.20.prHuiusmodi stipulationes non sunt inutiles: 'quod tibi Titius debet, cum debitor esse desierit, dare spondes?' nam ualet stipulatio quasi sub quauis alia condicione concepta.
[ULPIANUS, in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] Stipulations of this kind are not void: 'Do you promise to give what Titius owes you, when he ceases to be a debtor?' For the stipulation is valid, just as if it were framed under any other condition.

Notes

  1. §45.1.20.prcum debitor esse desierit — desierit is the future perfect indicative (or perfect subjunctive) third person singular of desino (to cease). In the temporal clause introduced by cum, it expresses a condition to be fulfilled in the future relative to the main verb spondes: 'when he shall have ceased to be a debtor', meaning when the debt is discharged or transferred.
  2. §45.1.20.prquasi sub quauis alia condicione concepta — concepta is a perfect participle in the nominative feminine singular, agreeing with the subject stipulatio. Combined with quasi ('as if'), it hypothetically compares this arrangement to any other conditional contract (sub condicione), indicating that such a stipulation has the same legal validity (ualet).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.20.pr

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