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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.2.37.pr

Creditor Retaining Possession via Debtor Leasing Pledge

Passage 6735 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that when a debtor leases back a pledged and delivered property from the creditor, the debtor holds the status of a tenant, and the creditor is deemed to retain possession through them.

[MARCIANUS libro singulari ad formulam hypothecariam. ] §41.2.37.prRe pignoris nomine data et possessione tradita, deinde a creditore conducta conuenit, ut is, qui hypothecam dedisset, pro colono in agro, aedibus autem pro inquilino sit: per eos creditor possidere uidetur.
[MARCIANUS, in the single book on the Hypothecary Formula.] When a thing has been given by way of pledge and possession delivered, and then rented from the creditor, it is agreed that he who had given the hypothec should be in the position of a tenant in the case of land, and of a tenant in the case of a house: through them, the creditor is deemed to possess.

Notes

  1. §41.2.37.prre pignoris nomine data et possessione tradita, deinde a creditore conducta — A series of ablative absolute constructions. It sets up the situation where first 'a thing is given' (re...data) and 'possession delivered' (possessione...tradita), and then 'rented from the creditor' (conducta, agreeing with the implied feminine singular noun re).
  2. §41.2.37.prconuenit, ut — The impersonal verb conuenit ('it is agreed') introduces an ut-clause specifying the legal fiction or relationship established between the parties by agreement.
  3. §41.2.37.prper eos — Although the subject of the preceding relative clause (is, qui...) is singular, the plural pronoun eos is used here because it refers collectively to both potential positions (colonus and inquilinus) depending on the type of property (land or house).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.2.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.2.37.pr

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