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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.47.pr-17.2.47.1

Condictio furtiva and Liability under the Lex Aquilia

Passage 2549 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses the effect of bringing a condictio for theft on the action on partnership, and notes the juristic opinion that a partner who damages common property is liable under the Aquilian law.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo ad Sabinum. ] §17.2.47.prSed si ex causa furtiua condixero, cessabit pro socio actio, nisi si pluris mea intersit.
[ULPIAN, in his thirtieth book on Sabinus.] But if I bring a condictio on the ground of theft, the action on partnership will not lie, unless I have a greater interest.
§17.2.47.1Si damnum in re communi socius dedit, Aquilia teneri eum et Celsus et Iulianus et Pomponius scribunt:
If a partner has caused damage to common property, Celsus, Julian, and Pomponius write that he is liable under the Aquilian law:

Notes

  1. §17.2.47.prpluris mea intersit — mea is the ablative feminine singular (meā) of the possessive adjective, used with the impersonal verb intersit to mean 'it concerns me' or 'it is of interest to me'. pluris is a genitive of value indicating the degree of interest (of greater value/interest).
  2. §17.2.47.1Aquilia — The ablative feminine, with lege understood, referring to liability under the Lex Aquilia (the Aquilian Law on damage to property).
  3. §17.2.47.1teneri eum — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction serving as the object of scribunt, where eum is the subject accusative of the passive present infinitive teneri.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.47.pr-17.2.47.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.47.pr-17.2.47.1

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