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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.3.pr-45.1.3.1

Stipulations for Holding and Heir Liability

Passage 7349 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains why the same rule of law applies to the stipulation for holding, detailing the rationale behind the distinction based on the presence of a penalty and the interest of the party prevented.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §45.1.3.prIdem iuris est et in illa stipulatione: 'mihi heredique meo habere licere'?
[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo nono ad Sabinum.] Is the same rule of law applicable also in that stipulation: 'for myself and my heir to be permitted to hold'?
§45.1.3.1Sed haec differentia illam habet rationem, quod, ubi unus ex heredibus prohibetur, non potest cohereres ex stipulatu agere, cuius nihil interest, nisi poena subiecta sit: nam poena subiecta efficit, ut omnibus committatur, quia hic non quaerimus, cuius intersit.
But this distinction has this reason: that, where one of the heirs is prevented, a co-heir cannot bring an action on the stipulation, since he has no interest, unless a penalty is added: for the added penalty brings it about that it is committed to all, because here we do not ask whose interest it is.
enimuero ubi unus ex heredibus prohibet, omnes tenentur heredes: interest enim prohibiti a nemine prohiberi.
Indeed, where one of the heirs prevents, all the heirs are bound; for it is in the interest of the person prevented to be prevented by no one.

Notes

  1. §45.1.3.prIdem iuris — Partitive genitive. Literally "the same of law", meaning "the same rule of law" or "the same legal effect". It refers back to the distinction based on the presence or absence of a penalty discussed in the previous fragment (§45.1.2.6).
  2. §45.1.3.1cohereres — Likely a textual variant or scribal error for the nominative singular `coheres` ("co-heir"), which agrees with the singular verb `potest` and the singular relative pronoun `cuius` ("whose") immediately following.
  3. §45.1.3.1interest enim prohibiti — The impersonal verb `interest` takes the genitive of the person concerned (here `prohibiti`, the substantivated perfect passive participle in the genitive singular, "the person prevented"). The grammatical subject of the verb is the infinitive clause `a nemine prohiberi` ("to be prevented by no one").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.3.pr-45.1.3.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.3.pr-45.1.3.1

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