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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.1.5.pr

Condictio for Theft against a Son and Personal Liability

Passage 2053 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a condictio for theft can be brought against a filius familias, explaining the principle that only the perpetrator or their heir is liable under this action.

[PAULUS libro nono ad Sabinum. ] §13.1.5.prEx furtiua causa filio familias condici potest: numquam enim ea condictione alius quam qui fecit tenetur aut heres eius.
[PAULUS, in his ninth book on Sabinus.] A condictio can be brought against a filius familias on the ground of theft; for no one other than the person who committed it or his heir is ever liable under that condictio.

Notes

  1. §13.1.5.prfilio familias condici — The dative `filio familias` is used with the impersonal passive construction `condici potest`. Since the verb `condicere` takes the dative of the person against whom the claim is made, this phrase means 'a condictio can be brought against a filius familias.'
  2. §13.1.5.pralius quam qui fecit tenetur aut heres eius — The phrase `alius quam` (other than) introduces both the relative clause `qui fecit` (the person who committed [the theft]) and `heres eius` (his heir) connected by `aut`. Syntactically, the initial negative adverb `numquam` negates the entire proposition, meaning 'no one other than the perpetrator or his heir is ever liable.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.1.5.pr

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