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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.29.pr

Stipulation for Masters by Common Slave and Joint Creditors

Passage 7537 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses that when a common slave stipulates for the same performance for both of his masters, the two masters become joint creditors.

[PAULUS libro septuagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §45.3.29.prSi communis seruus sic stipulatus sit: 'decem illi domino, eadem decem alteri dare spondes?', dicemus duos reos esse stipulandi.
[PAULUS, from the seventy-second book on the Edict.] If a common slave should stipulate thus: 'Do you promise to give ten to that master, and the same ten to the other?', we shall say that there are two joint creditors.

Notes

  1. §45.3.29.prduos reos esse stipulandi — The term reus (plural rei) in Roman law designates a party to an obligation or a lawsuit, divided into reus stipulandi (the creditor who stipulates) and reus promittendi (the debtor who promises). Here, because the slave stipulated the identical performance for both masters, it means the two masters become "joint creditors" (duo rei stipulandi).
  2. §45.3.29.pralteri — The dative form alteri stands for alteri domino (to the other master) in this context, contrasted with the preceding illi domino (to that master).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.3.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.3.29.pr

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