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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.3.9.pr

Surrender of Assets Out of Court by Messenger or Letter

Passage 6933 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcianus states that the surrender of property can be made out of court as well as in court, and that expressing this intention via a messenger or a letter is sufficient.

[MARCIANUS libro quinto decimo institutionum. ] §42.3.9.prBonis cedi non tantum in iure, sed etiam extra ius potest. et sufficit et per nuntium uel per epistulam id declarari.
[MARCIANUS in the fifteenth book of the Institutes.] A surrender of property can be made not only in court, but also out of court; and it is sufficient that this be declared by a messenger or by a letter.

Notes

  1. §42.3.9.prBonis cedi ... potest — Since cedere is an intransitive verb, the passive infinitive cedi is used impersonally; thus bonis cedi potest means "a surrender of property can be made." Bonis is the ablative governed by cedere.
  2. §42.3.9.prid declarari — An accusative with infinitive clause serving as the subject of the impersonal verb sufficit. The neuter pronoun id refers to the intention of surrendering property (bonis cedere) mentioned in the preceding sentence.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.3.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.3.9.pr

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