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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.3.30.pr

Status of Possession and Action for Partition

Passage 1725 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Scaevola states that an action for division of common property can be rightly brought regardless of the possession status, whether neither partner possesses the land or only one does not.

[SCAEUOLA libro primo responsorum. ] §10.3.30.prCommuni diuidundo iudicio recte agi, siue neuter possideat siue alter sociorum fundum non possideat.
[SCAEUOLA, Opinions, book I.] An action for division of common property is rightly brought, whether neither of the partners possesses or one of the partners does not possess the land.

Notes

  1. §10.3.30.pragi — Present passive infinitive of the verb `ago`. In the context of a jurist's "opinion" (responsum), it is used in an indirect statement (here as an impersonal passive) depending on an implied verb of saying or answering.
  2. §10.3.30.prsiue neuter possideat siue alter sociorum — The correlative conjunctions `siue ... siue ...` ("whether ... or ...") contrast two scenarios of possession: the first where "neither" (`neuter`) of the partners possesses the property, and the second where "one" (`alter`) of the partners does not possess the land (implying the other partner does possess it).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.3.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.3.30.pr

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