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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.3.1.pr

Necessity and Scope of the Action for Partition

Passage 1696 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the necessity of the action for partition of common property by pointing out that the action on partnership focuses on mutual personal obligations rather than division, and states that the partition action does not apply if there is no co-ownership.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §10.3.1.prCommuni diuidundo iudicium ideo necessarium fuit, quod pro socio actio magis ad personales inuicem praestationes pertinent quam ad communium rerum diuisionem.
[PAULUS, from the twenty-third book on the Edict.] The action for partition of common property was necessary for this reason, that the action on partnership relates more to mutual personal performances than to the division of common property.
denique cessat communi diuidundo iudicium, si res communis non sit.
Consequently, the action for partition of common property does not lie if the property is not held in common.

Notes

  1. §10.3.1.prCommuni diuidundo — A combination of the noun commune (common property, neuter singular dative) and the gerundive diuidundo (dative). It modifies iudicium as a single unit, functioning as the specific legal name for the "action for dividing common property."
  2. §10.3.1.prpertinent — Although the subject is the singular noun phrase pro socio actio, the verb appears in the plural form pertinent. This is likely an attraction to the following plural noun phrase personales inuicem praestationes, or a scribal error for the singular pertinet; in terms of syntax, the singular actio remains the subject.

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