- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-15
This section provisions that in noxal actions, the rights of those who are absent in good faith are protected, and upon their return, they are granted the power to defend based on equity, whether as owners or other right-holders such as creditors or usufructuaries.
[IDEM libro ad edictum praetoris urbani, titulo de damno infecto.]
[THE SAME, from his Book on the Edict of the Urban Praetor, under the Title on Threatened Damage.]
In noxalibus actionibus eorum qui bona fide absunt1 ius non corrumpitur, sed reuersis2 defendendi3 ex bono et aequo potestas datur, sive domini sint sive aliquid in ea re ius habeant, qualis est creditor et fructuarius.4
In noxal actions, the right of those who are absent in good faith is not prejudiced, but upon their return, they are granted the power to defend on the basis of equity and justice, whether they are owners or have some right in the matter, such as a creditor and a usufructuary.
- 9.4.30.preorum qui bona fide absunt
The genitive "eorum" modifies "ius", meaning "the right of those who are absent in good faith." "Bona fide" is an adverbial modifier in the ablative, meaning "in good faith" (i.e., absent with a justifiable reason and without negligence).
- 9.4.30.prreuersis
The dative plural of "reuersus", the perfect participle of the semi-deponent verb "reuertor" (to return). It functions as the dative complement of the passive verb "potestas datur" ("power is given to..."), used substantively to mean "to those who have returned."
- 9.4.30.prdefendendi
The genitive of the gerund of "defendo", modifying the noun "potestas" ("the power of defending").
- 9.4.30.prqualis est creditor et fructuarius
A clause introduced by the relative adjective "qualis" (such as). Although there are two coordinated subjects, "creditor" and "fructuarius", the verb is in the singular "est", either because it applies to each subject individually or treats the combination as representing a single illustrative category.