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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.48.pr

Mandate to Claim Possession of Goods and Mandator's Insanity

Passage 4451 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the mandate for the possession of goods, if the mandator becomes insane after the petition is made by the mandatee, the possession is validly acquired, but if before, ratification is required.

[PAULUS libro primo manualium. ] §29.2.48.prSi quis alicui mandauerit, ut, si aestimauerit, peteret sibi bonorum possessionem, et postquam ille petit, furere coeperit, nihilo minus adquisita est ei bonorum possessio.
[PAULUS, in the first book of Manuals.] If anyone has mandated someone to petition for the possession of goods on his behalf if he should think fit, and after the latter petitions, the former begins to be insane, the possession of goods is nonetheless acquired for him.
quod si antequam ille petat, is qui mandauit petendum furere coeperit, dicendum est non statim ei adquisitam bonorum possessionem: igitur bonorum possessionis petitio ratihabitione debet confirmari.
But if, before the latter petitions, the one who mandated the petitioning begins to be insane, it must be said that the possession of goods is not immediately acquired for him; therefore, the petition for the possession of goods must be confirmed by ratification.

Notes

  1. §29.2.48.prsibi — sibi is an indirect reflexive pronoun referring to the subject of the main clause, the mandator (quis), rather than the subject of the ut-clause (the mandatee, alicui / ille).
  2. §29.2.48.prpostquam ille petit — petit is either a present indicative (functioning as a historical present) or a contracted form of the perfect petiit. In context, it denotes an action completed before the insanity of the mandator began.
  3. §29.2.48.pris qui mandauit petendum — petendum is a gerundive (or gerund) in the neuter accusative singular, functioning as the object of mandauit, meaning "the petitioning" or "to petition".

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