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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.28.pr

Usucapion by Madmen or Infants through Slaves

Passage 6780 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal principle that if property is delivered to the slave of a madman or an infant, those persons can usucapt it through the slave.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo decimo ad Sabinum. ] §41.3.28.prSi seruo furiosi uel infantis res tradita sit, usu per eum eas personas capere posse constat.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book 17] If a thing has been delivered to the slave of a madman or of an infant, it is well established that those persons can usucapt it through him.

Notes

  1. 41.3.28.prusu ... capere — The ablative singular usu of the noun usus combined with the verb capere functions essentially as the compound verb usucapere (to usucapt). The word usu is an ablative of means ('by use').
  2. 41.3.28.preas personas — The subject accusative of the infinitive posse in the accusative-and-infinitive construction. In this context, it refers back to furiosi uel infantis (the madman and the infant).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.28.pr

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