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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.1.1.pr

The Owner's Condictio for Stolen Property

Passage 2049 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that in the case of theft, the condictio for the stolen thing is available only to its owner.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad Sabinum. ] §13.1.1.prIn furtiua re soli domino condictio competit.
[ULPIANUS, in his eighteenth book on Sabinus.] In the case of a stolen thing, the condictio is available only to the owner.

Notes

  1. §13.1.1.prsoli domino — Dative case, functioning as the object of the verb competere (to be available or belong to), specifying the sole subject to whom the condictio furtiva belongs.
  2. §13.1.1.prcondictio — Nominative case. While it generally refers to an action for recovery, in this context it specifically denotes the condictio furtiva, which is the action available to recover stolen property.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.1.1.pr

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