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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.78.pr-45.1.78.1

Action on Emancipated Son's Stipulation and Land Fruits

Passage 7425 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that if a son under paternal authority makes a conditional stipulation and is later emancipated, the right of action belongs to his father based on the status at contract, and that pre-existing fruits are not included in a stipulation for land.

[IDEM libro sexagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §45.1.78.prSi filius familias sub condicione stipulatus emancipatus fuerit, deinde exstiterit condicio, patri actio competit, quia in stipulationibus id tempus spectatur quo contrahimus.
[THE SAME, On the Edict, Book 62] If a son under paternal authority, having made a stipulation under a condition, is emancipated, and then the condition is fulfilled, the action belongs to the father, because in stipulations the time when we contract is regarded.
§45.1.78.1Cum fundum stipulatus sum, non ueniunt fructus, qui stipulationis tempore fuerint.
When I have stipulated for land, the fruits which existed at the time of the stipulation do not come into the contract.

Notes

  1. §45.1.78.prfilius familias sub condicione stipulatus emancipatus fuerit — A case where a son under paternal power (filius familias) made a conditional stipulation (stipulatus) and was subsequently emancipated (emancipatus fuerit). 'Stipulatus' is the perfect participle of the deponent verb stipulor, agreeing with the nominative 'filius familias' with an active meaning.
  2. §45.1.78.1non ueniunt fructus — The verb 'uenio' (to come) is used in a legal sense meaning 'to be included' or 'to fall within' the scope of the obligation. Thus, it means that fruits already existing at the time of the stipulation are excluded from the performance.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.78.pr-45.1.78.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.78.pr-45.1.78.1

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