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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.24.pr

Obligation to Usufructuary via Stipulation with Slave

Passage 1195 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that if someone, intending to make a donation to a usufructuary, makes a promise to a slave subject to that usufruct, he becomes bound to the usufructuary himself.

[PAULUS libro decimo ad Sabinum. ] §7.1.24.prSi quis donaturus usufructuario spoponderit servo in quem usum fructum habet stipulanti, ipsi usufructuario obligabitur, quia ut ei seruus talis stipulari possit, usitatum est.
[PAULUS in the tenth book on Sabinus.] If anyone, intending to make a donation to a usufructuary, makes a promise to the slave in whom the usufructuary has the usufruct and who is stipulating, he will be bound to the usufructuary himself, because it is customary that such a slave can stipulate for him.

Notes

  1. §7.1.24.prdonaturus — A future active participle expressing the intention of the main subject `quis` ("intending to make a donation"). It takes the dative `usufructuario` as its object.
  2. §7.1.24.prservo ... stipulanti — `stipulanti` is a present active participle in the dative, agreeing with and modifying `servo`. Together they serve as the dative object of `spoponderit`.
  3. §7.1.24.prut ... possit — A subjunctive clause introduced by the conjunction `ut`, which functions as the substantive subject clause of the impersonal expression `usitatum est` ("it is customary").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.24.pr

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