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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.69.pr

General Scope of the Fraud Clause in Stipulations

Passage 8883 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage explains that the formulaic clause in a stipulation concerning the "absence of fraud" generally encompasses all fraud committed in relation to the subject matter of the contract.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §50.16.69.prHaec uerba 'cui rei dolus malus aberit afuerit' generaliter comprehendunt omnem dolum, quicumque in hanc rem admissus est, de qua stipulatio est interposita.
[THE SAME, on the Edict, book 78.] These words, 'from which matter fraud shall be absent or has been absent', generally include all fraud, whatsoever has been committed in respect to this matter, concerning which the stipulation was entered into.

Notes

  1. §50.16.69.prcui rei dolus malus aberit afuerit — A formulaic clause used in a stipulation (stipulatio). "cui rei" is a dative governed by "abesse" (dative of separation or reference). The juxtaposition of the future "aberit" and the future perfect "afuerit" is a legal doublet designed to cover both the future absence of fraud after the contract and the past absence of fraud prior to the contract.
  2. §50.16.69.prde qua stipulatio est interposita — The antecedent of the relative pronoun "qua" is "hanc rem" in the preceding clause. The prepositional phrase "de qua" (concerning which) indicates that the stipulation (stipulatio) was made in respect to that matter, and the relative clause restricts and defines "hanc rem."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.69.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.69.pr

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