[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo ad Sabinum. ] §17.2.16.prIdemque erit dicendum, si socius renuntiauerit societati, qui rei publicae causa diu et inuitus sit afuturus: quamuis nonnumquam ei obici possit, quia potuit et per alium societatem administrare uel socio committere: sed hoc non alias, nisi ualde sit idoneus socius aut facilis afuturo etiam per alium societatis administratio.
[ULPIANUS in his thirtieth book on Sabinus] The same must be said if a partner, who is to be absent for a long time and against his will for the sake of the state, should renounce the partnership; although sometimes it can be objected to him that he could also have administered the partnership through another or committed it to his partner; but this is not otherwise the case, unless the partner is highly suitable or the administration of the partnership, even through another, is easy for the one who is to be absent.
§17.2.16.1Qui igitur paciscitur ne diuidat, nisi aliqua iusta ratio intercedat, nec uendere poterit, ne alia ratione efficiat, ut diuidatur.
Therefore, he who agrees not to divide, unless some just reason intervenes, will not be able to sell either, lest by another method he bring about that a division is made.
sed sane potest dici uenditionem quidem non impediri, sed exceptionem aduersus emptorem locum habere, si ante diuidat, quam diuideret is qui uendidit.
But indeed it can be said that the sale is not prevented, but that an exception lies against the buyer if he should divide the property earlier than the seller would have divided it.