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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.3.11.pr

Security Given by Representative and Interdict to Vacate

Passage 5684 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It discusses the rule that if a representative gives security to legatees in the heir's name, the praetor grants the heir an interdict to order the legatees to depart from the possession of the property.

[GAIUS libro tertio decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §36.3.11.prSi legatariis, qui aduersus me in possessionem legatorum seruandorum causa missi sunt, procurator uel quis alius meo nomine cauerit, perinde mihi praetor accommodat interdictum, quo iubeantur discedere legatarii possessione, ac si ego cauissem.
[GAIUS in the thirteenth book on the provincial edict.] If, to the legatees who have been put into possession against me for the purpose of preserving the legacies, a procurator or someone else in my name has given security, the praetor grants me an interdict, by which the legatees are ordered to depart from possession, just as if I myself had given security.

Notes

  1. ¦36.3.11.pr¦legatorum seruandorum causa — The gerundive seruandorum agrees with the noun legatorum in the genitive plural, and together with causa expresses purpose ('for the purpose of preserving the legacies'). This indicates the purpose of in possessionem ... missi sunt (referring to the legal procedure missio in possessionem).
  2. ¦36.3.11.pr¦perinde ... ac si ego cauissem — perinde ... ac si introduces a conditional clause of comparison ('just as if'). The verb cauissem in the ac si clause is in the pluperfect subjunctive, representing a counterfactual assumption that is completed prior to the time of the main verb (accommodat).
  3. ¦36.3.11.pr¦quo iubeantur — quo is the ablative of the relative pronoun referring to the neuter singular antecedent interdictum, expressing means ('by which'). The verb iubeantur is in the present subjunctive because it is a subjunctive of characteristic or purpose, describing the nature or purpose of the interdict ('by which they are to be ordered').

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