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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.71.pr

Drafting of Penalty Stipulations for Acts and Omissions

Passage 7418 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author explains the correct way to draft a stipulation for a penalty, distinguishing between when the goal is for something to be done and when it is for something not to be done.

[IDEM libro tertio decimo ad edictum. ] §45.1.71.prCum, quid ut fiat, stipulemur poenam, sic recte concipiemus: 'si ita factum non erit': cum quid ne fiat, sic: 'si aduersus id factum sit'.
[THE SAME, On the Edict, Book 13] When we stipulate for a penalty so that something may be done, we shall correctly formulate it thus: 'if it has not been so done'; but when we stipulate so that something may not be done, thus: 'if it has been done contrary to that'.

Notes

  1. §45.1.71.prquid ut fiat — The pronoun quid is used for aliquid ('something') as is common within a clause introduced by cum. The phrase ut fiat is a subjunctive clause of purpose, meaning 'so that something may be done,' which outlines the object of the stipulation.
  2. §45.1.71.prconcipiemus — The verb concipere (here in the first-person plural future) is a legal technical term meaning to 'draft,' 'formulate,' or 'set down' formal words or clauses to achieve a specific legal effect in a contract or procedural formula.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.71.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.71.pr

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