- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
Pomponius argues that if a runaway slave purchases a thing from a non-owner, the master is entitled to the Publician action even if he has not acquired actual possession of the delivered thing through that slave.
[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum.]
[POMPONIUS on Sabinus, book 3]
Si seruus meus, cum in fuga sit, rem a non domino emat, Publiciana1 mihi competere debet, licet possessionem rei traditae per eum nactus non sim.2
If my slave, while he is in flight, should buy a thing from a non-owner, the Publician action ought to be available to me, although I have not acquired possession of the delivered thing through him.
- 6.2.15.prPubliciana
The feminine noun actio (action) is omitted, referring to the "Publician action" (actio Publiciana). This is a praetorian action granted to a bona fide possessor who lost possession before completing usucapion, allowing them to recover the thing as if they were already the owner.
- 6.2.15.prlicet ... nactus non sim
The conjunction licet introduces a concessive clause ("although...", "even if...") and requires the subjunctive mood. Here, nactus sim is the perfect subjunctive (with active meaning) of the deponent verb nanciscor. It indicates that the legal effect (the granting of the Publician action) extends to the master, even though he could not de facto acquire physical control (possession) through a runaway slave.