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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.14.1.pr-38.14.1.2

Grant of Possession of Goods under Statute or Decree

Passage 6063 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian presents the praetor's edict regarding the grant of possession of goods based on laws or senatusconsults, and explains its relationship with other forms of possession and inheritance under the Twelve Tables.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo nono ad edictum. ] §38.14.1.prPraetor ait: 'uti me quaque lege senatus consulto bonorum possessionem dare oportebit, ita dabo'. §38.14.1.1Numquam bonorum possessio, quae ex alia parte edicti adgnita est, impedit istam bonorum possessionem.
[ULPIAN, from the forty-ninth book on the Edict.] The praetor says: "In whatever manner I am required by any law or decree of the senate to grant possession of goods, so shall I grant it." A possession of goods which has been acknowledged under another part of the edict never impedes this possession of goods.
§38.14.1.2Cum ex lege duodecim tabularum quis habet hereditatem, hinc non petit, sed inde 'tum quem ei heredem esse oportet', quippe cum non alias hinc competat bonorum possessio, quam si lex specialiter deferat bonorum possessionem.
When someone has an inheritance under the Law of the Twelve Tables, he does not petition from here, but from there, namely, 'then, the person who ought to be his heir'; since indeed a possession of goods does not apply from here otherwise than if a law specifically confers the possession of goods.

Notes

  1. §38.14.1.pruti ... ita — Correlative conjunctions. The `uti` ("in the manner/as") in the subordinate clause corresponds to `ita` ("so") in the main clause. The subordinate clause contains an accusative and infinitive construction `me ... dare` governed by the impersonal verb `oportebit`.
  2. §38.14.1.2hinc ... inde — The adverbs `hinc` ("from here") and `inde` ("from there") refer to different titles within the edict. `hinc` refers to the current title on the possession of goods granted by laws and senatusconsults, while `inde` refers to the title concerning statutory heirs ("unde legitimi") which covers inheritance under the Twelve Tables.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.14.1.pr-38.14.1.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.14.1.pr-38.14.1.2

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