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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.8.1.pr

Possession and Usucapion by Legatees

Passage 6835 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the principle that possession and usucapion on account of a legacy are granted only to the person to whom the legacy was actually left.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto disputationum. ] §41.8.1.prLegatorum nomine is uidetur possidere cui legatum est: pro legato enim possessio et usucapio nulli alii, quam cui legatum est, competit.
[ULPIANUS, from his sixth book of Disputations.] In the name of legacies, he is deemed to possess to whom the legacy has been left; for possession and usucapion as a legacy belong to no other than to whom the legacy has been left.

Notes

  1. 41.8.1.prpro legato — The preposition `pro` with the ablative noun means "as a legacy", representing the lawful cause (iusta causa) of usucapion.
  2. 41.8.1.prnulli alii, quam cui legatum est — `nulli alii` (dative) and `cui` (dative) are juxtaposed via the comparative conjunction `quam`. `cui` is a relative pronoun, and the clause `cui legatum est` ("he to whom the legacy has been left") functions substantively with an implied antecedent, standing in grammatical apposition to `alii`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.8.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.8.1.pr

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