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Acquisition by Natural Law of Things Found on the Shore

Explains that pebbles, gems, and other things found on the shore immediately become the property of the finder by natural law.

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[FLORENTINUS institutionum libro sexto.]

[FLORENTINUS, Institutes, book 6.]

§1.8.3.pr

​Item lapilli, gemmae ceteraque, quae1 in litore inuenimus, iure naturali nostra2 statim fiunt.

​Likewise, pebbles, gems, and other things which we find on the shore, immediately become ours by natural law.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 1.8.3.prquae

    Relative pronoun (neuter plural accusative). While it could refer only to the preceding "cetera," contextually it is more natural to take "lapilli, gemmae ceteraque" as a whole as the antecedent. When inanimate objects of different genders are combined, the relative pronoun takes the neuter plural form.

  2. 1.8.3.prnostra

    Subject complement of "fiunt." To agree with the subjects of mixed genders—"lapilli" (masculine), "gemmae" (feminine), and "cetera" (neuter)—the neuter plural possessive adjective is used as the complement.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.8.3.pr