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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.94.pr

Stipulation to Give Wheat Without Quality or Quantity

Passage 7441 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the validity of a stipulation to give wheat without specifying its quality or quantity, distinguishing between cases where the stipulator had a specific wheat in mind and those where they intended to specify it but failed to do so.

[MARCELLUS libro tertio digestorum. ] §45.1.94.prTriticum dare oportere stipulatus est aliquis: facti quaestio est, non iuris.
[MARCELLUS, Digest, Book 3] Someone stipulated that wheat ought to be given: this is a question of fact, not of law.
igitur si de aliquo tritico cogitauerit, id est certi generis certae quantitatis, id habebitur pro expresso: alioquin si, cum destinare genus et modum uellet, non fecit, nihil stipulatus uidetur, igitur ne unum quidem modium.
Therefore, if he had in mind some particular wheat, that is, of a certain kind and of a certain quantity, this will be held as if it had been expressly stated; otherwise, if, although he wished to determine the kind and the quantity, he did not do so, he is deemed to have stipulated for nothing, and therefore not even a single modius.

Notes

  1. §45.1.94.prcerti generis certae quantitatis — Genitive of quality (or description) modifying the preceding `aliquo tritico`, indicating that the wheat in question possesses a specific kind and a specific quantity.
  2. §45.1.94.prne unum quidem modium — The accusative noun `modium` stands in parallel with the preceding `nihil` as the object of `stipulatus [esse]` (or of the dependent `dare`), forming an elliptical phrase meaning '[he is deemed to have stipulated for] not even a single modius'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.94.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.94.pr

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