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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.1.46.pr

Obligation of a Seller Inheriting Property Sold Earlier

Passage 2812 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that if someone sells another's property and subsequently becomes the heir to the owner of that property, they are compelled to fulfill the sale.

[IDEM libro uicesimo quarto quaestionum. ] §19.1.46.prSi quis alienam rem uendiderit et medio tempore heres domino rei exstiterit, cogetur implere uenditionem.
[THE SAME in the twenty-fourth book of Questions] If anyone has sold another's property and in the meantime has become the heir to the owner of the property, he will be compelled to fulfill the sale.

Notes

  1. §19.1.46.prheres domino rei exstiterit — “has become the heir to the owner of the property.” Here, `domino` is the dative governed by the construction `heres exsistere` (to stand as/become an heir), and `rei` is the genitive modifying `domino` (the owner of the thing).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.1.46.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.1.46.pr

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