- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Paulus discusses the circumstances under which the possessor needs to alienate hereditary property, which include paying off debts, recovering necessary expenses, and preventing deterioration due to delay.
[PAULUS libro decimo ad Sabinum.]
[PAULUS in his tenth book On Sabinus.]
Non solum ad aes alienum hereditarium exsoluendum1 necessaria alienatio possessori est, sed et si2 impensae necessariae in rem hereditariam factae sunt a possessore, uel si mora periturae deterioresue futurae erant.3
Alienation is necessary for the possessor not only to discharge hereditary debt, but also if necessary expenses have been incurred on the hereditary property by the possessor, or if they were, through delay, about to perish or deteriorate.
- 5.3.53.prad aes alienum hereditarium exsoluendum
A construction of purpose using the preposition ad with the gerundive exsoluendum in the accusative ("to pay off/discharge"). aes alienum (literally "another's copper") is the standard Roman law term for "debt".
- 5.3.53.prsed et si
It is understood that necessaria alienatio possessori est from the preceding clause is implied after sed et si ("but also [alienation is necessary] if...").
- 5.3.53.prperiturae deterioresue futurae erant
The subject (feminine plural) is the hereditary items (res hereditariae), implied from rem hereditariam in the preceding clause. mora is an ablative of cause ("by delay" or "due to delay").