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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.1.39.pr

Acquisitions by a Stolen Slave for a Bona Fide Purchaser

Passage 6669 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that even a stolen slave can acquire property for a bona fide purchaser, provided that it is derived from the purchaser's own property or received through delivery.

[IULIANUS libro tertio ex Minicio. ] §41.1.39.prEtiam furtiuus seruus bonae fidei emptori adquirit, quod ex re eius stipulatur aut per traditionem accipit.
[JULIANUS, from Minicius, book 3] Even a stolen slave acquires for a bona fide purchaser what he stipulates for from that purchaser's property or receives by delivery.

Notes

  1. §41.1.39.prbonae fidei emptori — A dative of benefit governed by the verb adquirit ('acquires'), indicating for whom the property rights are acquired by the slave's acts.
  2. §41.1.39.prex re eius — The pronoun eius refers back to the bonae fidei emptori. It denotes that the transaction (stipulation) is made on the basis of or derived from the property of the bona fide purchaser.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.1.39.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.1.39.pr

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