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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.9.3.pr-27.9.3.6

Alienation by Magistrate Order and Restrictions on Pupil Rights

Passage 4062 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses the validity of a pledge when land is bought for a pupil with another's money, and the alienation of a pupil's land by order of a magistrate. He also addresses alienations resulting from lawsuits, and the restrictions on alienating rights such as emphyteusis, usufruct, and servitudes.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §27.9.3.prSed si pecunia alterius pupilli alteri pupillo fundus sit comparatus isque pupillo uel minori traditus, an pignoris obligationem possit habere is, cuius pecunia fundus sit emptus? et magis est, ut saluum sit ius pignoris secundum constitutionem imperatoris nostri et diui patris eius ei pupillo, cuius pecunia comparatus est fundus. §27.9.3.1Pignori tamen capi iussu magistratus uel praesidis uel alterius potestatis et distrahi fundus pupillaris potest.
[ULPIANUS, in the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.]\n\nBut if a tract of land has been purchased for one pupil with the money of another pupil, and it has been delivered to the pupil or minor, can the one with whose money the land was bought have the obligation of a pledge? And it is more preferable that, in accordance with the constitution of our Emperor and his divine father, the right of pledge is preserved for that pupil with whose money the land was purchased.\n\nHowever, the land of a pupil can be seized as a pledge by order of a magistrate, a governor, or another authority, and can be sold.
sed et in possessionem mitti rerum pupillarium a praetore quis potest et ius pignoris contrahitur, siue legatorum seruandorum causa siue damni infecti, ut procedat, iuberi etiam possideri poterit: hae enim obligationes siue alienationes locum habent, quia non ex tutoris uel curatoris uoluntate id fit, sed ex magistratuum auctoritate. §27.9.3.2Item quaeri potest, si fundus a tutore petitus sit pupillaris nec restituatur, an litis aestimatio oblata alienationem pariat, et magis est, ut pariat: haec enim alienatio non sponte tutorum fit. §27.9.3.3Idemque erit dicendum et si fundus petitus sit, qui pupilli fuit, et contra pupillum pronuntiatum tutoresque restituerunt: nam et hic ualebit alienatio propter rei iudicatae auctoritatem.
But also, someone can be put into possession of the pupil's property by the praetor, and a right of pledge is contracted; whether for the sake of preserving legacies or on account of threatened damage, in order that it may proceed, he can even be ordered to possess it. For these obligations or alienations take place because this is done not by the will of the tutor or curator, but by the authority of the magistrates.\n\nLikewise, it can be asked: if a pupil's land is claimed from the tutor and is not restored, does the offer of the valuation of the lawsuit produce an alienation? And it is more preferable that it does, for this alienation does not take place by the free will of the tutors.\n\nAnd the same must be said even if a tract of land which belonged to the pupil is claimed, and judgment is pronounced against the pupil, and the tutors have restored it; for here too, the alienation will be valid on account of the authority of res judicata.
Si ius ἐμφυτευτικὸν §27.9.3.4uel ἐμβατευτικὸν habeat pupillus, uideamus, an distrahi hoc a tutoribus possit.
If the pupil has the right of emphyteusis\n\nor the right of entry, let us see whether this can be sold by the tutors.
et magis est non posse, quamuis ius praedii potius sit. §27.9.3.5Nec usus fructus alienari potest, etsi solus fuit usus fructus pupilli.
And it is more preferable that it cannot, although it is rather a right of land.\n\nNor can a usufruct be alienated, even if the usufruct alone belonged to the pupil.
an ergo hic nec non utendo amittatur, si tutor causam praebuerit huius rei? et manifestum est restaurari debere.
Is it then the case that here it is not lost by non-use either, if the tutor has provided the cause of this matter? And it is manifest that it ought to be restored.
sed si proprietatem habeat pupillus, non potest usum fructum uel usum alienare, quamuis oratio nihil de usu fructu loquatur.
But if the pupil has ownership, he cannot alienate the usufruct or use, although the speech says nothing about usufruct.
simili modo dici potest nec seruitutem imponi posse fundo pupilli uel adulescentis nec seruitutem remitti, quod et in fundo dotali placuit. §27.9.3.6Si lapidicinas uel quae alia metalla pupillus habuit stypteriae uel cuius alterius materiae, uel si cretifodinas argentifodinas uel quid aliud huic simile,
In like manner, it can be said that neither can a servitude be imposed on the land of a pupil or youth, nor can a servitude be released, which has also been approved in the case of dotal land.\n\nIf the pupil had stone quarries or other mines, whether of alum or of some other material, or if clay pits, silver mines, or anything else similar to these,

Notes

  1. §27.9.3.1iuberi etiam possideri poterit — `iuberi` is a passive infinitive dependent on `poterit`, and `possideri` is also a passive infinitive. The whole phrase means 'it can also be ordered to be possessed.' It refers to the judicial procedure where a magistrate advances from a simple entry into possession (missio in possessionem) to an order authorizing actual possession (possidere iuberi).
  2. §27.9.3.2litis aestimatio — This refers to the assessment or valuation of the suit, paid by the defendant to the plaintiff in lieu of restoring the actual thing claimed. The offer (oblata) of this sum is treated as producing an alienation (transfer of ownership) of the property to the defendant, a standard rule of classical Roman procedure under the formulary system.
  3. §27.9.3.3Si ius ἐμφυτευτικὸν — The section breaks in the middle of the Greek term for emphyteusis (ἐμφυτευτικὸν ius). The sentence continues into §27.9.3.4 with the alternative right 'ἐμβατευτικὸν' (right of entry).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.9.3.pr-27.9.3.6. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.9.3.pr-27.9.3.6

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