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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.5.13.pr

Fictitious Possession by Creditors Without Physical Control

Passage 6962 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that even if the goods are not actually possessed (either because there is nothing to possess or due to dispute), the creditor who is granted possession is treated just as if actual possession had occurred.

[GAIUS libro uicesimo tertio ad edictum prouinciale. ] §42.5.13.prQuamuis possessa non sint bona, quia forte nihil fuerit, quod possideatur, aut sine controuersia non possideatur creditor qui in possessionem missus est, perinde habetur, ac si etiam possessa bona fuissent.
[Gaius, on the Provincial Edict, book 23]\n\nAlthough the goods have not been possessed, because perhaps there was nothing to be possessed, or the creditor who was put in possession does not possess without dispute, it is held just as if the goods had actually been possessed.

Notes

  1. §42.5.13.prQuamuis ... aut ... non possideatur — The conjunction quamuis (although) governs two concessive clauses connected by aut (possessa non sint bona and non possideatur creditor). The quia clause explains only the reason for the first clause.
  2. §42.5.13.prquod possideatur — The subjunctive present in the relative clause describing the characteristic of the antecedent nihil (nothing), meaning 'of such a kind that it can be possessed.'
  3. §42.5.13.prperinde habetur, ac si etiam possessa bona fuissent — The construction perinde ..., ac si (held just as if). fuissent in the ac si clause is in the pluperfect subjunctive, expressing a past contrary-to-fact condition.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.5.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.5.13.pr

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