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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.34.pr

Usucapion of Peculium Property Sold by a Slave

Passage 6786 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

An opinion stating that if a slave sells an item from his peculium without his master's knowledge, the buyer can acquire it through usucapion.

[ALFENUS libro primo digestorum a Paulo epitomatorum. ] §41.3.34.prSi seruus insciente domino rem peculiarem uendidisset, emptorem usucapere posse.
[ALFENUS, Digest, book 1, epitomized by Paulus] If a slave has sold a thing belonging to his peculium without the knowledge of his master, the purchaser can acquire it by usucapion.

Notes

  1. 41.3.34.premptorem usucapere posse — An accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) construction consisting of the accusative 'emptorem' and the infinitive 'posse'. In this context, a governing verb such as 'respondit' (he answered) or 'placet' (it is held) is omitted, making this statement function as indirect speech.
  2. 41.3.34.prinsciente domino — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle 'insciente' (ablative of 'insciens', 'not knowing') and the noun 'domino', expressing the circumstance or condition of 'without the knowledge of the master'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.34.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.34.pr

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