Where a stipulator had no interest in the performance for the third party (and provided the stipulatio alteri was phrased correctly), the promisor first had to confirm the promise by oath in order to render the natural obligation into a civil obligation.
How far away is Venus from Earth? The planet Venus is the second planet from the sun and Earth is the third. Venus is the closest planet to Earth. It is about 25 million miles (40 million kilometers) away from Earth.
1 Venus is 67 million miles, or 108 million kilometres, from the Sun. 2  Venus is covered by clouds of water vapour and sulphuric acid and the surface cannot be seen with an ordinary astronomy telescope. 3  Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System, even hotter than Mercury, which is closer to the Sun.