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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.6.pr

Computation of Usucapion and the Final Day

Passage 6758 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that in calculating the period of usucapion, time is not computed strictly from moment to moment, but rather the entire last day is included in the computation upon its commencement.

[ULPIANUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §41.3.6.prIn usucapionibus non a momento ad momentum, sed totum postremum diem computamus.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, book 11] In usucapion, we do not compute from moment to moment, but we compute the entire last day.

Notes

  1. §41.3.6.pra momento ad momentum — Meaning 'from moment to moment', referring to the strict physical or natural computation of time (computatio naturalis). In usucapion, this is rejected in favor of the civil computation of time (computatio civilis) based on calendar days.
  2. §41.3.6.prtotum postremum diem — The direct object (accusative) of the verb `computamus`. It reflects the beneficial rule of time computation in usucapion (ultimus dies coeptus pro completo habetur), where one does not need to wait for the final day to end; rather, the entire last day (totum) is counted as soon as it has begun.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.6.pr

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