[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §41.4.3.prLitis aestimatio similis est emptioni.
[ULPIANUS, on the Edict, book 75] The assessment of a suit is similar to a sale.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.4.3.pr
Equivalence of Payment of Claim Value to Purchase
Summary
Ulpian's concise statement that the payment of the assessment of a suit (litis aestimatio) is legally similar to a sale (emptio).
Notes
- 41.4.3.prLitis aestimatio — Refers to the "assessment of a suit." In Roman litigation, when a defendant pays the monetary value of the disputed property to the plaintiff instead of returning the object itself, this payment functions similarly to a "purchase" (emptio), establishing a valid cause (causa) for usucapion.
- 41.4.3.premptioni — Dative singular of emptio ("purchase" or "sale"), governed by the adjective similis ("similar to"). Based on this similarity, the person who paid the assessment is allowed to claim usucapion "as a purchaser" (pro emptore).
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.4.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.4.3.pr
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