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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.49.pr

Redhibition of Pestilential Land and Future Taxes

Passage 3065 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that redhibition applies to land sales, such as in the case of a pestilential tract, and that the collection of future taxes from the buyer ceases after redhibition.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo disputationum. ] §21.1.49.prEtiam in fundo uendito redhibitionem procedere nequaquam incertum est, ueluti si pestilens fundus distractus sit: nam redhibendus erit.
[ULPIANUS in the eighth book of disputations.] It is by no means uncertain that redhibition applies even in the case of a sold tract of land, as, for example, if a pestilential tract of land has been sold; for it must be returned.
et benignum est dicere uectigalis exactionem futuri temporis post redhibitionem aduersus emptorem cessare.
And it is reasonable to hold that the collection of tax for the future ceases against the buyer after the redhibition.

Notes

  1. §21.1.49.prredhibitionem procedere — This is an accusative-with-infinitive construction, serving as the subject of the main predicate `nequaquam incertum est` ("is by no means uncertain").
  2. §21.1.49.prbenignum est dicere — The impersonal construction `benignum est` ("it is reasonable/equitable") takes the infinitive `dicere` as its subject, which in turn governs the accusative-and-infinitive clause `uectigalis exactionem ... cessare`.
  3. §21.1.49.pruectigalis exactionem — The genitive singular `uectigalis` (of tax, tribute, or ground rent) functions as an objective genitive modifying the noun `exactionem` (collection).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.49.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.49.pr

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