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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.4.12.pr

Usucapion as Purchaser and Praetorian Pledge for Legatee

Passage 6814 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment discusses the relationship between usucapion as a purchaser and the effect of a praetorian pledge when a legatee has been put into possession.

[PAPINIANUS libro decimo responsorum. ] §41.4.12.prMisso legatario in possessionem res pro emptore usucapiuntur salua praetorii pignoris causa.
[PAPINIANUS, from his tenth book of Opinions.] When a legatee has been put into possession, property is acquired by usucapion as a purchaser, saving the right of the praetorian pledge.

Notes

  1. §41.4.12.prMisso legatario in possessionem — An ablative absolute meaning "when a legatee has been put into possession." It refers to the situation where a legatee is granted possession of estate or specific property by a praetorian order (missio in possessionem).
  2. §41.4.12.prsalua praetorii pignoris causa — An ablative absolute meaning "without prejudice to the right of the praetorian pledge" (the adjective salua agreeing with the noun causa in the ablative). Here, causa refers to "legal status or right," indicating that usucapion proceeds while preserving the security right (praetorium pignus) arising from the praetorian order of possession.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.4.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.4.12.pr

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