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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.2.2.pr

Possession and Usucapion by Municipalities

Passage 6699 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states the current rule of law that members of a municipality can possess and acquire by usucapion through both slaves and free persons.

[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo ad edictum. ] §41.2.2.prSed hoc iure utimur, ut et possidere et usucapere municipes possint idque eis et per seruum et per liberam personam adquiratur.
[ULPIANUS in the seventieth book on the Edict.] But we apply this rule of law, that the members of a municipality can both possess and acquire by usucapion, and that this is acquired for them both through a slave and through a free person.

Notes

  1. §41.2.2.prhoc iure utimur, ut — The clause introduced by `ut` (`ut ... possint ... adquiratur`) is appositional to and explains the content of the demonstrative phrase `hoc iure`. It is translated as "we apply this rule of law, namely that...".
  2. §41.2.2.pridque — The neuter singular pronoun `id` (with the conjunction `que`) refers back to the actions expressed by the two preceding infinitives `possidere` and `usucapere` (possession and usucapion, or the possession itself).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.2.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.2.2.pr

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