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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.9.pr

Partial acceptilatio of stipulation by amount or fraction

Passage 7773 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a part of a stipulation can be released by acceptilatio, showing two valid forms of questioning: specifying a precise amount or a fractional portion.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.9.prPars stipulationis accepto fieri potest non tantum, si sic dicat: 'ex nummis decem, quos tibi promisi, quinque habesne acceptos?', sed et si sic: 'quod ego tibi promisi, id pro parte dimidia habesne acceptum?'
[PAULUS in the twelfth book on Sabinus.] A part of a stipulation can be released by acceptilatio not only if one says thus: 'out of the ten coins which I promised you, do you have five received?', but also if thus: 'that which I promised you, do you have it received for a half part?'

Notes

  1. §46.4.9.prPars stipulationis — Subject of the passive-meaning phrase accepto fieri (to be made as received / released by acceptilatio).
  2. §46.4.9.praccepto fieri — A legal formulaic expression meaning to be released by acceptilatio (verbal release of debt), synonymous with acceptum fieri.
  3. §46.4.9.prquod ego tibi promisi, id pro parte dimidia habesne acceptum? — The relative clause introduced by quod refers forward to the demonstrative pronoun id (direct object of habes). The construction habes acceptum (have received) features a perfect participle describing a state of having received.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.9.pr

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