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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.39.pr

Principle of Non-Transfer of Ownership in Lease

Passage 2860 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states the fundamental legal principle that letting and hiring does not usually transfer the ownership of the property.

[Ulpianus libro secundo ad edictum. ] §19.2.39.prNon solet locatio dominium mutare.
[ULPIANUS, from the second book on the Edict.] Letting and hiring does not usually transfer ownership.

Notes

  1. 19.2.39.prsolet — The third-person singular present of the verb `solere` ('to be accustomed to', 'usually'). It expresses the legal principle that letting and hiring (`locatio`), which grants the use and enjoyment of a thing, does not as a rule transfer ownership (`dominium`), describing this as the standard legal effect.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.39.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.39.pr

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