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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.17.pr

Effect of Partial Acceptilatio on an Alternative Obligation

Passage 7781 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the effect of giving a release for a part (five) of an alternative obligation (a slave or ten) stipulated by a verbal contract, stating that a part of the stipulation is extinguished and the creditor can still sue for the remaining five or a part of the slave.

[IULIANUS libro quinquagensimo quarto digestorum. ] §46.4.17.prQui hominem aut decem stipulatus est, si quinque accepto fecerit, partem stipulationis peremit et petere quinque aut partem hominis potest.
[JULIAN, Digest, Book LIV] A person who has stipulated for a slave or ten, if he gives a release for five, extinguishes a part of the stipulation, and can sue for five or a part of the slave.

Notes

  1. §46.4.17.prQui ... stipulatus est — A relative clause serving as the subject of the main sentence, with the antecedent demonstrative pronoun (is) omitted. It means 'He who has stipulated...'.
  2. §46.4.17.praccepto fecerit — The phrase acceptum facere (or accepto facere) is a legal idiom meaning to release a debtor from an obligation created by a verbal contract (stipulatio) through a formal verbal release (acceptilatio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.17.pr

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