Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.22.pr

Validity of Stipulations by Usufructuary Slaves

Passage 7530 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Neratius explains the validity of stipulations made by a usufructuary slave, stating that they are void if made from the owner's property for the usufructuary, but valid if made from the usufructuary's property for the owner.

[NERATIUS libro secundo responsorum. ] §45.3.22.prSeruum fructuarium ex re domini inutiliter fructuario stipulari, domino ex re fructuarii utiliter stipulari.

[NERATIUS, from the second book of Opinions.] A usufructuary slave invalidly stipulates for the usufructuary from the property of the owner, but validly stipulates for the owner from the property of the usufructuary.

Notes

45.3.22.prSeruum fructuarium ... stipulari — The entire sentence is an indirect statement (accusative and infinitive construction) governed by an implied verb of declaring or answering from the title *responsorum*. The accusative phrase *Seruum fructuarium* acts as the subject accusative for both the first infinitive *stipulari* and the second implied *stipulari* in the latter clause.
45.3.22.prex re ... fructuario ... domino ex re — This presents a parallel contrast of two opposing scenarios. The datives of benefit *fructuario* (for the usufructuary) and *domino* (for the owner) correspond contrastively to the prepositional phrases indicating the source of property, *ex re domini* (from the owner's property) and *ex re fructuarii* (from the usufructuary's property) respectively.

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