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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.74.pr

Certain and Uncertain Stipulations and Their Examples

Passage 7421 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section defines the distinction between 'certain' and 'uncertain' stipulations, providing concrete examples of certain stipulations such as specific coins, land, slaves, and agricultural products of specified quality and quantity.

[GAIUS libro octauo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §45.1.74.prStipulationum quaedam certae sunt, quaedam incertae.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, Book 8]\n\nOf stipulations, some are certain, some are uncertain.
certum est, quod ex ipsa pronuntiatione apparet quid quale quantumque sit, ut ecce aurei decem, fundus Tusculanus, homo Stichus, tritici Africi optimi modii centum, uini Campani optimi amphorae centum.
That is certain which, from the very statement itself, is clear as to what, of what quality, and how much it is; as, for example, ten aurei, the Tusculan estate, the slave Stichus, a hundred modii of the best African wheat, a hundred amphorae of the best Campanian wine.

Notes

  1. §45.1.74.prStipulationum — Genitive plural of a feminine noun, functioning as a partitive genitive qualifying the pronoun `quaedam` at the beginning of the sentence.
  2. §45.1.74.prquid quale quantumque sit — An indirect question clause, where the verb `sit` is in the present subjunctive. The entire clause functions as the subject of the impersonal verb `apparet`.

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