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§10.2.6.pr

Rejection of Bidding to Determine Custody of Documents

Ulpian explains that neither he nor Pomponius approves of resolving the dispute over who keeps the inheritance documents by putting the matter to a bidding.

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[ULPIANUS libro nono decimo ad edictum.]

[ULPIANUS, on the Edict, book 19]

§10.2.6.pr

​Nam ad licitationem rem deducere,1 ut qui licitatione uicit hic habeat2 instrumenta hereditaria, non placet neque mihi neque Pomponio.

​For to bring the matter to a bidding, so that he who wins the bidding should hold the inheritance documents, is approved of neither by me nor by Pomponius.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 10.2.6.prad licitationem rem deducere

    This entire infinitive phrase functions as the subject of the main verb non placet. rem (the matter/thing) refers to the issue discussed in the preceding section (10.2.5.pr), namely, which of the co-heirs should keep the documents.

  2. 10.2.6.prut qui licitatione uicit hic habeat

    The ut clause with the subjunctive habeat expresses the purpose or the intended result of bringing the matter to a bidding. Within this clause, the demonstrative pronoun hic redundantly resumes and emphasizes the subject of the relative clause qui licitatione uicit.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12) · No revisions to the English translation or the originalurn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.6.pr