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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.6.2.pr

Continuation of Usucaption Despite Revocation by the Donor

Passage 6822 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that even if a person who gifted another's property decides to revoke the gift and initiates a lawsuit to claim it, the usucaption continues to run without interruption.

[MARCELLUS libro uicensimo secundo digestorum. ] §41.6.2.prSi is, qui alienam rem donauerit, reuocare constituerit donationem, etiamsi iudicium ediderit remque coeperit uindicare, curret usucapio.
[MARCELLUS, from his twenty-second book of the Digests.] If a person who has given a thing belonging to another decides to revoke the gift, usucaption will continue to run, even if he has brought an action and begun to claim the thing.

Notes

  1. §41.6.2.prcurret usucapio — The main clause of the entire sentence is 'curret usucapio' (usucapion will run). The initial part starting with 'Si is...' forms a conditional clause. The demonstrative pronoun 'is', acting as the antecedent, is modified by the relative clause 'qui alienam rem donauerit' and functions as the subject of the conditional verb 'constituerit' as well as the verbs 'ediderit' and 'coeperit' in the concessive 'etiamsi' clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.6.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.6.2.pr

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