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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.2.14.pr-41.2.14.1

Accession of Possession in Sales by Dependents or Guardians

Passage 6712 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section outlines the conditions under which a buyer is allowed the accession of possession when a sale is conducted by a slave, a son-in-power, a tutor, or a curator.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §41.2.14.prSi seruus uel filius familias uendiderit, dabitur accessio eius, quod penes me fuit, scilicet si uolente me aut de peculio, cuius liberam peculii administrationem habuerunt, uendiderunt.
[PAULUS, in the sixty-eighth book on the Edict.] If a slave or a son-in-power has sold a thing, the accession of that which was in my possession will be given, namely, if they sold it with my consent or from their peculium, of which peculium they had the free administration.
§41.2.14.1Tutore quoque uel curatore uendente dabitur accessio eius temporis, quo pupillus uel furiosus possedit.
Also, when a tutor or a curator sells, the accession of that time during which the pupil or the insane person possessed will be given.

Notes

  1. 41.2.14.preius, quod penes me fuit — The pronoun eius (neuter genitive singular) serves as the antecedent modified by the following relative clause quod penes me fuit, referring to the period of possession (or possession itself) which was under the control of 'me' (the master of the slave or son-in-power). This constitutes the object of the accession.
  2. 41.2.14.prcuius liberam peculii administrationem — The relative pronoun (or adjective) cuius refers to the antecedent peculio, with the noun peculii being repeated inside the relative clause. This is a common stylistic formulation in Latin legal prose, meaning 'of which peculium they had the free administration.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.2.14.pr-41.2.14.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.2.14.pr-41.2.14.1

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