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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.2.5.pr

Possession Taken Without Consent and Unlawful Possession

Passage 6703 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if a creditor takes possession of a thing to be delivered under a stipulation or sale without the debtor's consent, they are not recognized as a lawful possessor but as an unlawful possessor.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §41.2.5.prSi ex stipulatione tibi Stichum debeam et non tradam eum, tu autem nanctus fueris possessionem, praedo es: aeque si uendidero nec tradidero rem, si non uoluntate mea nanctus sis possessionem, non pro emptore possides, sed praedo es.
[PAULUS libro sexagensimo tertio ad edictum.] If I owe you Stichus under a stipulation and do not deliver him, but you have obtained possession, you are a plunderer. Likewise, if I sell a thing and do not deliver it, if you have obtained possession without my consent, you do not possess as a buyer, but you are a plunderer.

Notes

  1. §41.2.5.prpraedo — Refers to one who takes possession on their own authority without a legal title (titulus) and without the transfer (traditio) by the transferor. In this context, it denotes an "unlawful possessor" rather than a mere "robber."
  2. §41.2.5.prpro emptore — "As a buyer" (in the capacity of a buyer). This expression refers to the basis of possession (causa or titulus) necessary for usucapion (usucapio). Even if there is a contract of sale, a self-acquired possession without the seller's consent is not recognized as "possession as a buyer."
  3. §41.2.5.prStichum — "Stichus." A typical proper name for a slave frequently used as a representative placeholder name in hypothetical cases by Roman jurists.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.2.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.2.5.pr

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