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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Ulpian explains the definition of 'possessing as heir', discussing the status of those who know they are not the heir with reference to Arrian and Proculus, as well as the possessor of goods, before introducing the plunderer who 'possesses as possessor'.
[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum.]
[ULPIAN, in the fifteenth book on the Edict.]
Pro herede possidet, qui putat se heredem esse. sed an et is, qui scit se heredem non esse, pro herede possideat, quaeritur: et Arrianus libro secundo de interdictis putat teneri,1 quo iure2 nos uti Proculus scribit. sed enim et bonorum possessor pro herede uidetur possidere.
He possesses as heir who thinks that he is the heir. But it is questioned whether he too, who knows that he is not the heir, possesses as heir; and Arrian, in the second book on Interdicts, thinks that he is held liable, which law Proculus writes that we follow. But indeed, the possessor of goods also is deemed to possess as heir.
Pro possessore uero possidet praedo,3
On the other hand, he possesses as possessor who is a plunderer,
- 5.3.11.prteneri
The passive infinitive teneri (to be held, bound) here means "to be held liable under the petition for inheritance (hereditatis petitio)." It expresses an affirmative answer to the preceding question an... pro herede possideat (whether he possesses as heir), meaning that even a bad-faith possessor (who knows he is not the heir) can be sued under this action.
- 5.3.11.prquo iure
The relative adjective quo modifies the noun iure, forming an ablative object for the infinitive uti (which governs the ablative) within the accusative-and-infinitive clause nos uti [quo iure]. This entire clause is the object of Proculus scribit (indirect speech), meaning "Proculus writes that we follow this legal rule." The phrase quo iure refers to Arrian's opinion as the accepted law.
- 5.3.11.1praedo
The grammatical subject of this sentence is praedo (the plunderer), and the verb is possidet. An inversion (hyperbaton) occurs, placing the adverbial phrase pro possessore (as possessor) at the beginning of the sentence to emphasize the contrast with the preceding pro herede (as heir).