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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.2.14.pr

Legacy of a Statue Augmented by an Arm from Another

Passage 5173 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that even if an arm from another statue is later added to a bequeathed statue, the legatee can still claim the statue.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §34.2.14.prSi statuam legauero et postea ex alia statua bracchium ei adiecero, omnimodo statua a legatario uindicari potest.
[POMPONIUS, in his fifth book on Sabinus.] If I bequeath a statue and afterwards add to it an arm from another statue, the statue can in any case be claimed by the legatee.

Notes

  1. §34.2.14.prlegauero — The future perfect forms (legauero and adiecero) indicate that the actions in the conditional clause must be completed prior to the potential action of claiming (potest) in the main clause.
  2. §34.2.14.pruindicari — The verb uindicare (here in the passive infinitive uindicari) refers to the Roman legal action of claiming property based on ownership (rei uindicatio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.2.14.pr

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