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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.10.pr

Invalidity of Alternative Stipulation by Common Slave

Passage 7518 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is shown that if a slave of joint masters stipulates alternatively to give money to Titius or land to Maevius, the stipulation is void because it is uncertain for which of them the action has been acquired.

[IULIANUS libro quinquagensimo secundo digestorum. ] §45.3.10.prSed et si ita stipuletur: 'Titio decem aut Maeuiio fundum dare spondes?', quia incertum est, utri eorum adquisierit actionem, idcirco inutilis stipulatio existimanda est.
[JULIANUS, from the fifty-second book of the Digests.] But also, if he should stipulate thus: "Do you promise to give ten [coins] to Titius, or a tract of land to Maevius?", because it is uncertain for which of them he has acquired the action, therefore the stipulation must be deemed void.

Notes

  1. §45.3.10.prutri — The dative singular of the pronoun uter ('which of the two'). Here it introduces an indirect question, meaning 'for which of the two [masters]'. It should not be confused with utrique ('to both').
  2. §45.3.10.pradquisierit — Subjunctive perfect (due to the indirect question). The subject is not explicitly stated but is understood as 'the slave' (seruus) from the preceding context, meaning that the slave has acquired the action (for either master).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.3.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.3.10.pr

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