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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.29.pr

Void Stipulation under Impossible Condition and Suretyship

Passage 7577 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if a stipulation is made under an impossible condition, a surety cannot be employed because the principal obligation is void.

[IDEM libro octauo decimo ad edictum. ] §46.1.29.prSi sub impossibili condicione stipulatus sim, fideiussor adhiberi non potest.
[THE SAME in the eighteenth book on the Edict.] If I have stipulated under an impossible condition, a surety cannot be employed.

Notes

  1. §46.1.29.prstipulatus sim — The subjunctive perfect (with active meaning) of the deponent verb stipulor (to stipulate, to exact a promise). In the conditional clause (si-clause), it establishes a completed hypothetical condition.
  2. §46.1.29.prfideiussor adhiberi non potest — 'A surety cannot be employed.' This is based on the legal principle that a stipulation under an impossible condition is void; since no principal obligation exists, the accessory obligation of the surety (fideiussio) cannot be established either.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.29.pr

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