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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.46.pr

Invalidity of the Donation of Possession between Spouses

Passage 3558 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states that no donation of possession whatsoever can exist between husband and wife.

[IDEM libro septuagesimo secundo ad edictum. ] §24.1.46.prInter uirum et uxorem nec possessionis ulla donatio est.
[THE SAME, in the seventy-second book on the edict.] Between husband and wife, there is also no donation of possession.

Notes

  1. §24.1.46.prnec... ulla — The conjunction nec acts here with the negative adjective ulla (ulla donatio) to mean "there is also not any" or "not even any... exists."
  2. §24.1.46.prpossessionis — An objective genitive (genitivus obiectivus) modifying the noun donatio, meaning "the donation of possession" (donating possession).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.46.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.46.pr

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