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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.6.4.pr

Effects of Ignorance of Law and Fact on Usucapion

Passage 3282 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The principle is stated that in usucapion, ignorance of law is not beneficial, whereas ignorance of fact is well established to be beneficial.

[IDEM libro tertio decimo ad Sabinum. ] §22.6.4.prIuris ignorantiam in usucapione negatur prodesse: facti uero ignorantiam prodesse constat.
[THE SAME, in his thirteenth book on Sabinus.] It is denied that ignorance of law is of benefit in usucapion; but it is well established that ignorance of fact is of benefit.

Notes

  1. §22.6.4.prIuris ignorantiam ... negatur prodesse — The passive verb `negatur` ("it is denied") is used impersonally, taking the accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) clause `iuris ignorantiam ... prodesse` as its subject. The use of the accusative `ignorantiam` instead of the nominative `ignorantia` marks it as the subject of the infinitive `prodesse`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.6.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.6.4.pr

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