[IDEM libro quarto digestorum. ] §18.5.9.prFundus qui Lucii Titii erat ob uectigale rei publicae ueniit: sed cum Lucius Titius debitor professus esset paratum se esse uectigal exsoluere solidum, cum minore uenisset fundus, quam debita summa esset, praeses prouinciae rescindit uenditionem eumque restitui iussit Lucio Titio: quaesitum est, an post sententiam praesidis, antequam restitueretur, in bonis Lucii Titii fundus emptus esset.
[THE SAME, in Book 4 of the Digests.] A tract of land which belonged to Lucius Titius was sold on account of a public tax; but since Lucius Titius, the debtor, had declared that he was ready to pay the tax in full, when the land had been sold for less than the amount of the debt, the governor of the province rescinded the sale and ordered it to be restored to Lucius Titius. The question was raised whether, after the sentence of the governor and before it was restored, the purchased land was in the property of Lucius Titius.
respondit non prius, quam emptori pretium esset illatum uel, si pretium nondum esset ab emptore solutum, in uectigal satisfactum esset.
He answered: not before the price had been refunded to the purchaser, or, if the price had not yet been paid by the purchaser, satisfaction had been made for the tax.