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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §14.2.7.pr

No Contribution for Goods Rescued from a Shipwreck

Passage 2196 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents the opinion that when a ship is sunk or wrecked, whatever property each person saves of their own can be kept for themselves without any obligation to contribute to a general average, just as in the case of a fire.

[PAULUS libro tertio epitomarum Alfeni digestorum. ] §14.2.7.prCum depressa nauis aut deiecta esset, quod quisque ex ea suum seruasset, sibi seruare respondit, tamquam ex incendio.
[PAULUS, from the third book of the Epitomes of Alfenus' Digests.] He answered that when a ship was sunk or wrecked, whatever each person had saved of his own from it, he should keep for himself, just as in the case of a fire.

Notes

  1. §14.2.7.prsibi seruare respondit — An infinitive clause in indirect speech depending on "respondit" (he answered). The subject accusative (such as "eum" or "quemque") is omitted, meaning "[that each person] should keep [it] for himself."
  2. §14.2.7.prquod quisque ex ea suum seruasset — "quod" is a relative pronoun with its antecedent "id" omitted, and the entire relative clause serves as the direct object of the infinitive "seruare". The subjunctive pluperfect "seruasset" (syncopated from "seruauisset") reflects the subordination in indirect speech or a hypothesized prior action.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §14.2.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:14.2.7.pr

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