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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.13.pr

Timing for Valuing Quality of Evicted Property

Passage 3094 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Support is given to Proculus's view that when eviction occurs, the estimation of the quality of the property should be based on the time of the sale, not the time of eviction.

[PAULUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §21.2.13.prBonitatis aestimationem faciendam, cum pars euincitur, Proculus recte putabat, quae fuisset uenditionis tempore, non cum euinceretur:
[PAULUS, Commentary on Sabinus, book five.] Proculus rightly thought that, when a part is evicted, an estimation of its quality should be made, which was that of the time of the sale, not when it was evicted.

Notes

  1. §21.2.13.prfaciendam — A gerundive with the omission of the verb 'esse' (faciendam esse), forming the predicate of the accusative and infinitive construction (indirect speech) dependent on the main verb 'putabat'. The subject accusative is 'aestimationem'.
  2. §21.2.13.prquae fuisset — The antecedent of the relative pronoun 'quae' (feminine singular) is either the preceding 'bonitatis' (feminine genitive) or 'aestimationem' (feminine accusative), referring to the quality (or estimation) as it existed at the time of sale. The pluperfect subjunctive 'fuisset' is used because it is in a subordinate clause within indirect speech dependent on the past tense verb 'putabat'.

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