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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.3.19.pr

Stipulation of a Servitude for a Common Estate and Validity

Passage 1428 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains that regarding the stipulation of a servitude for a common estate, a stipulation by only one partner is void, but one made by all partners or by a common slave is valid, allowing each partner to make an individual claim.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §8.3.19.prSi unus ex sociis stipuletur iter ad communem fundum, inutilis est stipulatio, quia nec dari ei potest: sed si omnes stipulentur siue communis seruus, singuli ex sociis sibi dari oportere petere possunt, quia ita dari eis potest: ne, si stipulator uiae plures heredes reliquerit, inutilis stipulatio fiat.
[PAULUS, On Sabinus, Book 6] If one of the partners should stipulate for a right of way to a common estate, the stipulation is useless, because it cannot be given to him alone; but if all stipulate, or a common slave does so, each of the partners can claim that it ought to be given to himself, because in this way it can be given to them; lest, if the stipulator of the way should leave several heirs, the stipulation should become useless.

Notes

  1. 8.3.19.prunus ex sociis stipuletur — Due to the indivisibility of servitudes (here, a right of way), a servitude cannot be established for only one of the partners, and therefore a stipulation made by only one partner is void.
  2. 8.3.19.prdari oportere — Meaning 'that it ought to be given', this is a formulaic legal expression asserting the existence of an obligation. It allows each partner to claim performance 'to himself' (sibi) rather than the whole.
  3. 8.3.19.prne, si stipulator uiae plures heredes reliquerit, inutilis stipulatio fiat — The concluding ne-clause explains the rationality of the rule allowing each partner to claim individually (singuli ... petere possunt) in stipulations by a common slave or all partners, drawing an analogy to the case of multiple heirs (to prevent the stipulation from becoming void if a single heir could not claim).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.3.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.3.19.pr

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