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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.1.4.pr

Reasons for Not Admitting Possession of Goods

Passage 5713 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius provides specific examples of why co-entitled parties might not admit the possession of goods, such as rejection of their right, expiration of the time limit, or death prior to petitioning.

[GAIUS libro octauo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §37.1.4.prueluti quod spreuerunt ius suum aut tempore bonorum possessionis finito exclusi sunt aut ante mortui sunt quam petierunt bonorum possessionem,
[GAIUS, book 8 on the Lex Julia et Papia.] as, for instance, because they rejected their right, or were excluded because the time for the possession of goods had expired, or died before they petitioned for the possession of goods,

Notes

  1. §37.1.4.prueluti quod — This clause, introduced by ueluti quod, provides the reasons or examples for the failure of others to admit the possession of goods mentioned in the preceding text of Ulpian (§37.1.3.9).
  2. §37.1.4.prtempore bonorum possessionis finito — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun tempore and the perfect passive participle finito (from finire), expressing the reason: 'the time for the possession of goods having expired'.
  3. §37.1.4.prante... quam — Used correlatively to function as a single conjunction antequam ('before'), taking the perfect indicative petierunt to indicate a chronological order before an actual event.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.1.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.1.4.pr

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