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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.7.29.pr

Extinction of Pledge and Interruption of Usucapion by Inheritance

Passage 2167 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the extinction of a pledge and the interruption of usucapion in a case where a debtor bought another's property in good faith, pledged it, and held it by precarium, and then the owner appointed the creditor as heir.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo quarto digestorum. ] §13.7.29.prSi rem alienam bona fide emeris et mihi pignori dederis ac precario rogaueris, deinde me dominus heredem instituerit, desinet pignus esse et sola precarii rogatio supererit: idcirco usucapio tua interpellabitur.
[THE SAME, Digest, Book 44] If you have bought another's property in good faith, given it to me in pledge, and requested it by precarium, and then the owner has appointed me as heir, the pledge will cease to exist and only the request for precarium will remain: therefore your usucapion will be interrupted.

Notes

  1. §13.7.29.prprecario rogaueris — A combination of the adverbial ablative precario (by precarium / permissive occupancy) and the verb rogare (to ask, request). It refers to the debtor ('you') requesting the creditor ('me') to allow them to hold and use the pledged object under the terms of precarium.
  2. §13.7.29.prdesinet pignus esse — The subject is pignus (pledge). Since 'I' inherited the property from the original owner (dominus), the ownership transfers to 'me'. Because a person cannot hold a pledge over their own property (confusio), the pledge ceases to exist (desinet esse).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.7.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.7.29.pr

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