- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.47.pr
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This section discusses the conditions for the transfer of ownership when the claimed object is absent, and the necessity of the plaintiff providing security to guarantee the delivery of possession.
[IDEM libro septimo decimo ad Plautium.]
[THE SAME in the seventeenth book on Plautius.]
Haec1 si res praesens sit: si absens, tunc cum possessionem eius possessor nactus sit ex uoluntate actoris: et ideo non est alienum non aliter litem aestimari a iudice, quam si2 cauerit actor, quod per se non fiat possessionem eius rei non traditum iri.3
These things apply if the thing is present; if it is absent, then only when the possessor has obtained possession of it by the will of the plaintiff. And therefore, it is not unreasonable for the judge to estimate the value of the suit only if the plaintiff has given security that it will not be due to his own act that the possession of that thing is not delivered.
- 6.1.47.prHaec
Nominative neuter plural referring to the immediate transfer of ownership to the possessor upon payment of the litigation valuation discussed in the preceding section (§6.1.46.pr). It is followed by the conditional clause "si res praesens sit" (if the thing is present).
- 6.1.47.prnon aliter... quam si...
A construction expressing strong limitation: "not otherwise... than if..." (i.e., "only if..."). Combined with the main clause "non est alienum" (it is not improper or unreasonable), it means "it is reasonable that the judge estimates the value only if the plaintiff has given security."
- 6.1.47.prquod per se non fiat possessionem eius rei non traditum iri
A clause explaining the substance of the security given (cauerit). The phrase "possessionem eius rei non traditum iri" is an accusative with infinitive construction using the future passive infinitive, meaning "that the possession of that thing will not be delivered." This functions as the subject (or substantial noun clause) of "per se non fiat" (it does not happen by his own act). Thus, the whole phrase means guaranteeing "that the failure to deliver will not be due to his own act."