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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.61.pr

Invalidity of Stipulation Conditional on Heir Appointment

Passage 7408 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julian states that a stipulation promising to pay a sum of money if the stipulator is not appointed as heir is void as it is contrary to good morals.

[IULIANUS libro secundo ad Urseium Ferocem. ] §45.1.61.prStipulatio hoc modo concepta: 'si heredem me non feceris, tantum dare spondes?' inutilis est, quia contra bonos mores est haec stipulatio.
[JULIAN, on Urseius Ferox, book 2] A stipulation formulated in this way: 'If you do not make me your heir, do you promise to give such-and-such an amount?' is void, because this stipulation is contrary to good morals.

Notes

  1. §45.1.61.prheredem me non feceris — A double accusative construction where the verb facio (here the second-person singular future perfect feceris) takes both a direct object accusative me and an object complement accusative heredem.
  2. §45.1.61.prtantum — The neuter singular accusative of the pronoun tantus, serving as the direct object of the infinitive dare. It is a placeholder meaning 'such-and-such an amount', representing the specific sum to be agreed upon in an actual contract.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.61.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.61.pr

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