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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.6.8.pr

Retention of Ownership and Possession by the Lender

Passage 2123 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that in a loan for use, the lender retains both the possession and the ownership of the loaned property.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §13.6.8.prRei commodatae et possessionem et proprietatem retinemus:
[POMPONIUS in the fifth book on Sabinus] We retain both the possession and the ownership of the property loaned.

Notes

  1. §13.6.8.prRei commodatae — Genitive noun phrase modifying the direct objects 'possessionem et proprietatem' of the verb 'retinemus' (possessive/adnominal genitive), meaning 'of the loaned property'. It highlights the legal principle that the lender does not lose either possession (possessio) or ownership (proprietas) through a loan for use (commodatum).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.6.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.6.8.pr

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