- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.2.13.pr-6.2.13.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
The text discusses the just causes of acquisition required for the Publician action, explains exceptions where just possessions lack the intention to own (pledges and precarium), and addresses the good faith of a purchaser buying from a ward with a tutor's authorization.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS on the Provincial Edict, book 7]
Quaecumque sunt iustae causae adquirendarum rerum, si ex his causis nacti1 res amiserimus, dabitur nobis earum rerum persequendarum gratia haec actio.
Whatever are the just causes for acquiring things, if we have lost the things after having obtained them based on these causes, this action shall be granted to us for the sake of pursuing those things.
Interdum quibusdam nec ex iustis possessionibus competit Publicianum iudicium: namque pigneraticiae et precariae possessiones iustae sunt, sed ex his non solet competere tale iudicium, illa scilicet ratione, quia neque creditor neque is qui precario rogauit eo animo nanciscitur possessionem, ut credat2 se dominum esse.
Sometimes, the Publician action is not available to certain persons even from just possessions; for pledge possessions and precarium possessions are just, but from these, such an action is not customarily available, obviously for this reason, because neither the creditor nor he who asked by precarium obtains possession with that mind, that he believes himself to be the owner.
Qui a pupillo emit, probare debet tutore auctore3 lege non prohibente se emisse. sed et si deceptus falso tutore auctore emerit, bona fide emisse uidetur.
He who buys from a ward must prove that he bought with the authorization of the tutor and without the law prohibiting it. But even if, deceived, he bought with the authorization of a false tutor, he is deemed to have bought in good faith.
- 6.2.13.prnacti
Perfect participle of the deponent verb nanciscor (to obtain/acquire), agreeing with the subject of the conditional verb amiserimus (from amitto, 'to lose'). It expresses a temporal sequence, meaning 'having obtained' or 'after obtaining' the things.
- 6.2.13.1eo animo ... ut credat
The ablative phrase eo animo ('with that mind/intention') is further specified by the ut-clause with the subjunctive credat, acting as a result or appositional clause to define the nature of the intention: 'with such an intention that he believes [himself to be the owner]'.
- 6.2.13.2tutore auctore
An ablative absolute construction comprising two nouns without a verb: tutore (ablative singular of tutor, 'tutor') and auctore (ablative singular of auctor, 'authorizer'). It means 'with the tutor acting as authorizer' or 'with the tutor's authorization'.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1