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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.25.pr

Possession as an Indispensable Requirement for Usucapion

Passage 6777 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that possession is an indispensable requirement for the establishment of usucapion.

[LICINNIUS libro primo regularum. ] §41.3.25.prSine possessione usucapio contingere non potest.
[LICINNIUS, Rules, book 1] Usucapion cannot take place without possession.

Notes

  1. 41.3.25.prcontingere — The infinitive contingere, meaning 'to happen' or 'to fall to one's lot,' is used here in the legal sense of 'to take place' or 'to be established.' It acts as the complementary infinitive to the verb potest, taking usucapio as its subject.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.25.pr

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