Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.55.pr

Sole Adjudication and Monetary Condemnation

Passage 1693 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In actions for partition of inheritance or division of property, if partition is extremely difficult, the judge may adjudge all the property to one person and order that person to bear the entire monetary condemnation.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §10.2.55.prSi familiae erciscundae uel communi diuidundo iudicium agatur et diuisio tam difficilis sit, ut paene impossibilis esse uideatur, potest iudex in unius personam totam condemnationem conferre et adiudicare omnes res.
[ULPIANUS, from the second book on the Edict.] If an action for the partition of an inheritance or for the division of common property is brought, and the division is so difficult that it seems almost impossible, the judge can direct the whole of the condemnation against one person and adjudge all the property to him.

Notes

  1. §10.2.55.prfamiliae erciscundae uel communi diuidundo — These two phrases modify the noun iudicium but stand in different cases: familiae erciscundae is in the genitive case (objective genitive), while communi diuidundo is in the dative (or ablative) of purpose.
  2. §10.2.55.prin unius personam totam condemnationem conferre et adiudicare omnes res — Two infinitive clauses dependent on the main verb potest. Semantically, the prepositional phrase in unius personam ('upon one person') in the first clause also extends to the second verb adiudicare, meaning that the judge adjudges all physical assets to that single person while concentrating the entire monetary liability (condemnatio) on him.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.55.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.55.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.