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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.29.pr

Conjunctive Words Interpreted Disjunctively

Passage 8843 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus cites Labeo to show that words of conjunction are sometimes interpreted disjunctively in legal contexts, using a specific formula of stipulation as an example.

[IDEM libro sexagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §50.16.29.prConiunctionem enim nonnumquam pro disiunctione accipi Labeo ait: ut in illa stipulatione 'mihi heredique meo te heredemque tuum'.
[THE SAME, in the sixty-sixth book on the Edict.] For Labeo says that a conjunction is sometimes accepted instead of a disjunction; as in that stipulation, "to me and my heir, you and your heir."

Notes

  1. §50.16.29.prmihi heredique meo te heredemque tuum — In this formula of stipulation, a verb completing the accusative and infinitive construction (such as daturum esse, "to give") is omitted. The conjunction -que ("and") is interpreted disjunctively ("or") because of the logical and legal nature of the obligation, since the principal and the heir cannot simultaneously receive or perform the same act.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.29.pr

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