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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.2.1.pr

Designation of Parties in a Verbal Obligation

Passage 7490 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus defines the legal designations for the two parties in a stipulation: the one who stipulates (demands a promise) and the one who promises.

[MODESTINUS libro secundo regularum. ] §45.2.1.prQui stipulatur, reus stipulandi dicitur: qui promittit, reus promittendi habetur.
[MODESTINUS in the second book of Rules.] He who stipulates is called the party stipulating: he who promises is regarded as the party promising.

Notes

  1. §45.2.1.prreus — While usually meaning 'defendant' or 'the accused' in litigation, here it refers generally to a legal 'party' (both the creditor and the debtor of the stipulation).
  2. §45.2.1.prstipulandi — Genitive of the gerund (from stipulari, 'to stipulate'), modifying the noun 'reus' to denote 'the party who demands the promise'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.2.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.2.1.pr

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