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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.2.pr

Definition and Meaning of Usurpatio

Passage 6753 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the difference in the definition of the term "usurpatio," contrasting its legal meaning ("interruption of usucaption") with its etymological meaning used by orators ("frequent use").

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §41.3.2.prUsurpatio est usucapionis interruptio: oratores autem usurpationem frequentem usum uocant.
[PAULUS, on the Edict, book 54] Usurpatio is the interruption of usucaption; but orators call usurpatio frequent use.

Notes

  1. §41.3.2.prusurpatio — As a legal technical term, it means the "interruption" that stops the running of usucaption. As mentioned in the latter clause, in general or rhetorical usage (oratores), it is used in its etymological sense of "frequent use."
  2. §41.3.2.prusurpationem frequentem usum uocant — This is a double accusative construction (uocare + A + B, "to call A B"), where `usurpationem` is the direct object and `frequentem usum` is the predicate accusative. The jurist Paulus points out the divergence between the legal meaning (interruption) and the general/rhetorical meaning (frequent use).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.2.pr

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