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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.2.31.pr

Temporary Absence of a Tenant and Lessor's Possession

Passage 6729 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is held that if a tenant temporarily leaves the land without the intention of abandoning possession and returns to it, the lessor's possession continues.

[POMPONIUS libro trigensimo secundo ad Sabinum. ] §41.2.31.prSi colonus non deserendae possessionis causa exisset de fundo et eo redisset, eundem locatorem possidere placet.
[POMPONIUS, in the thirty-second book on Sabinus.] If a tenant has left the land not for the purpose of abandoning possession, and has returned to it, it is held that the same lessor remains in possession.

Notes

  1. §41.2.31.prnon deserendae possessionis causa — The ablative causa expressing purpose, accompanied by the genitive of the gerundive deserendae and the noun possessionis, combined with the negative non, means "not for the purpose of abandoning possession."
  2. §41.2.31.prplacet — An impersonal verb meaning "it is held / approved / agreed as a legal rule." It takes the accusative and infinitive clause eundem locatorem possidere ("that the same lessor possesses") as its subject.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.2.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.2.31.pr

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