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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.62.pr

Validity of Stipulation Made by Slave against Prohibition

Passage 7409 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that even if a slave enters into a stipulation for money against his master's prohibition, the contract remains valid and the promisor is bound to the master.

[IDEM libro secundo ex Minicio. ] §45.1.62.prSeruus uetante domino si pecuniam ab alio stipulatus sit, nihilo minus obligat domino promissorem.
[THE SAME, on Minicius, book 2] If a slave, despite his master's prohibition, has stipulated for money from another, he nevertheless binds the promisor to the master.

Notes

  1. §45.1.62.pruetante domino — An ablative absolute consisting of the noun domino and the present participle uetante. Positioned inside the conditional clause si... stipulatus sit, it conveys a concessive meaning ('despite the master's prohibition').
  2. §45.1.62.probligat domino promissorem — The main verb obligat takes the slave (seruus), who is also the subject of the conditional clause, as its subject. domino is in the dative (dative of benefit or indirect object of obligare), indicating that the claim accrues to the master. promissorem (the promisor) is the direct object.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.62.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.62.pr

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