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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.2.22.pr

Novation by Subsequent Ratification of an Absent Creditor

Passage 7643 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that if a third party stipulates with a debtor with the intent to novate in the creditor's absence, the obligation is novated provided that the creditor subsequently ratifies it.

[PAULUS libro quarto decimo ad Plautium. ] §46.2.22.prSi quis absente me a debitore meo stipulatus est nouandi animo, ego postea ratum habuero, nouo obligationem.
[PAULUS, On Plautius, Book 14.] If someone, in my absence, has stipulated with my debtor with the intention of novating, and I subsequently approve it, I novate the obligation.

Notes

  1. §46.2.22.prabsente me — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle absente (from absum) and the pronoun me, indicating the circumstance "in my absence" within the conditional clause.
  2. §46.2.22.prratum habuero — An idiomatic expression combining the verb habere with the adjective ratus (derived from the perfect participle of reor, meaning "confirmed, valid"), meaning "to ratify, approve". The tense is future perfect (habuero) in the conditional clause, representing a condition that must be completed prior to the present-tense action of the main clause (nouo).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.2.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.2.22.pr

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