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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.4.5.pr

Usucapion of Pledged Property Stolen by the Pledgor

Passage 6807 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Regarding whether usucapion can occur when a pledgor steals and sells the pledged object, it is ruled that the periods of usucapion run effectively for the purchaser.

[MODESTINUS libro decimo pandectarum. ] §41.4.5.prSi rem, quam tibi pigneraui, subripuero eamque distraxero, de usucapione dubitatum est: et uerius est utiliter cedere tempora usucapionis.
[MODESTINUS, Pandects, book 10] If I steal the thing which I pledged to you and sell it, a doubt has been raised concerning usucapion; and it is more correct that the periods of usucapion run effectively.

Notes

  1. §41.4.5.prsubripuero eamque distraxero — The future perfect indicative verbs in the conditional clause (`si` clause) denote actions that will have been completed prior to the situation described in the main clause.
  2. §41.4.5.prdubitatum est — Perfect passive third-person singular of dubito, used impersonally to mean "a doubt was raised" or "it was doubted".
  3. §41.4.5.prutiliter cedere tempora — Accusative and infinitive construction (A.C.I.) governed by uerius est. tempora (periods) is the subject accusative, and cedere in legal contexts means "to run", "to accrue", or "to elapse effectively". Combined with the adverb utiliter, it means that the periods of usucapion accrue effectively for the benefit of the acquirer.

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