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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.25.pr

Conditions for Action on Removed Property and Condictio

Passage 3700 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcian explains the conditions for the action for property removed, noting that while it is unavailable for thefts during marriage, the husband can still bring a condictio under the law of nations against those possessing without just cause.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio regularum. ] §25.2.25.prRerum quidem amotarum iudicium sic habet locum, si diuortii consilio res amotae fuerint et secutum diuortium fuerit.
[MARCIAN, Rules, book 3.] The action for property removed indeed takes place under this condition, if the property was removed with the intention of divorce and a divorce followed.
sed si in matrimonio uxor marito res subtraxerit, licet cessat rerum amotarum actio, tamen ipsas res maritus condicere potest: nam iure gentium condici puto posse res ab his, qui non ex iusta causa possident.
But if during the marriage the wife has purloined property from her husband, although the action for property removed is not available, nevertheless the husband can recover the property itself by a condictio; for I think that by the law of nations, property can be recovered by a condictio from those who possess without a just cause.

Notes

  1. §25.2.25.prsic habet locum, si — The adverb sic ("thus" or "in this way") anticipates and restricts the conditional clause introduced by si, meaning "takes place in this manner, namely if [and only if]...".
  2. §25.2.25.prlicet cessat — The concessive conjunction licet ("although") typically takes the subjunctive in classical Latin, but in juristic and later Latin, it is frequently used with the indicative, as here with cessat (third-person singular present indicative).
  3. §25.2.25.prcondici puto posse — An accusative and infinitive construction dependent on the verb puto ("I think"). The subject accusative res is placed at the end of the clause. condici (present passive infinitive of condicere) and posse (present infinitive of possum) form a passive phrase meaning "that things can be recovered by a condictio".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.25.pr

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