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§7.1.39.pr

Retaining Usufruct by Enjoying Its Purchase Price

Explains why one who enjoys the price of a usufruct is understood to possess it no less than one who uses and enjoys the principal thing itself.

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[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]

[GAIUS, in the seventh book on the provincial edict.]

§7.1.39.pr

​quia qui pretio fruitur,1 non minus habere2 intellegitur, quam qui principali re utitur fruitur.

​because he who enjoys the price is understood to possess no less than he who uses and enjoys the principal thing.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 7.1.39.prpretio fruitur / principali re utitur fruitur

    The deponent verbs utor (to use) and fruor (to enjoy) govern the ablative case; here, pretio and principali re serve as their respective ablative complements.

  2. 7.1.39.prhabere

    The object of habere is omitted, understood from the context as usum fructum (usufruct) following usum fructum retinere at the end of the preceding section §7.1.38.pr.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.39.pr