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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.1.28.pr

Validity of Sale of Another's Property and Eviction

Passage 2616 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that a contract of sale is validly formed even for property belonging to another, though the buyer may face eviction of the property.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo primo ad Sabinum. ] §18.1.28.prRem alienam distrahere quem posse nulla dubitatio est: nam emptio est et uenditio: sed res emptori auferri potest.
[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo primo ad Sabinum.] There is no doubt that anyone can sell property belonging to another, for there is a purchase and sale; but the property can be taken away from the buyer.

Notes

  1. §18.1.28.prquem — Used here as an indefinite pronoun instead of `aliquem` ('anyone'), serving as the subject accusative of the infinitive `posse`.
  2. §18.1.28.prnulla dubitatio est — While expressions of doubt with negation typically take a `quin` clause in classical prose, here it directly governs an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction (`quem posse...`).
  3. §18.1.28.premptori — Dative case, functioning as a 'dative of separation' (dativus separationis) with the verb of taking away `auferri` ('to be taken away'), indicating the person from whom the property is removed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.1.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.1.28.pr

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