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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.30.pr

Stipulation by Another's Slave for a Named Third Party

Passage 7538 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains the legal rule that a slave belonging to another does not acquire any rights for his own master when he stipulates expressly for a third party.

[IDEM libro primo ad Plautium. ] §45.3.30.prSeruus alienus alii nominatim stipulando non adquirit domino.
[THE SAME, from the first book on Plautius.] A slave belonging to another, by stipulating expressly for someone else, does not acquire for his master.

Notes

  1. §45.3.30.pralii — The dative singular of the pronoun alius, referring here to a "third party" other than the slave's own master (dominus). It indicates the person for whom the stipulation is expressly made.
  2. §45.3.30.prdomino — Dative of advantage (or reference) governing the verb adquirit. It refers to the slave's own master, indicating that the rights resulting from the slave's act do not accrue to him.
  3. §45.3.30.prstipulando — The ablative gerund of the deponent verb stipulor, expressing means or circumstance: "by stipulating (expressly for someone else)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.3.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.3.30.pr

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