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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.43.pr

Eviction of Calf Born After Sale and Double Value Action

Passage 3124 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus argues that the buyer of a cow cannot sue under the stipulation for double value if a calf born after the purchase is evicted. This is because the calf, as fruit, represents a physical thing rather than a legal right (usufruct).

[IULIANUS libro quinquagesimo octauo digestorum. ] §21.2.43.prUaccae emptor, si uitulus qui post emptionem natus est euincatur, agere ex du||plae stipulatione non potest, quia nec ipsa nec usus fructus euincitur.
[JULIANUS, Digest, Book LVIII.] The buyer of a cow, if a calf born after the purchase is evicted, cannot sue on the stipulation for double value, because neither the cow herself nor the usufruct is evicted.
nam quod dicimus uitulum fructum esse uaccae, non ius, sed corpus demonstramus, sicuti praediorum frumenta et uinum fructum recte dicimus, cum constet eadem haec non recte usum fructum appellari.
For when we say that a calf is the fruit of a cow, we designate not a right, but a physical thing, just as we rightly call the grain and wine of estates "fruit", although it is clear that these same things are not rightly called "usufruct".

Notes

  1. §21.2.43.pripsa — The feminine singular nominative pronoun ipsa refers back to the feminine noun uacca (cow) mentioned earlier in the sentence.
  2. §21.2.43.prquod dicimus — The conjunction quod here introduces a clause of respect or fact ("as to the fact that we say..." or "when we say..."), functioning in relation to the main verb demonstramus.
  3. §21.2.43.prcum constet — A cum clause with the subjunctive constet. Within the comparison introduced by sicuti ("just as"), it expresses a concessive or circumstantial relation ("although it is clear that" or "while it is well established that").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.43.pr

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