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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.5.29.pr

Ownership and Non-Removal of Publicly Erected Statues

Passage 6978 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that public statues do not belong to the buyer of an honored person's sold property; rather, they are either municipal or personal property depending on their purpose, and cannot be removed.

[PAULUS libro quinto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §42.5.29.prFufidius refert statuas in publico positas bonis distractis eius, cuius in honorem positae sunt, non esse emptoris bonorum eius, sed aut publicas, si ornandi municipii causa positae sint, aut eius, cuius in honorem positae sint: et nullo modo eas detrahi posse.
[PAULUS on the Lex Julia et Papia, book 5.] Fufidius reports that statues placed in a public place, when the goods of the person in whose honor they were erected are sold, do not belong to the buyer of his goods, but are either public property, if they were erected for the purpose of decorating the municipality, or belong to him in whose honor they were erected; and that they can in no way be removed.

Notes

  1. §42.5.29.prbonis distractis — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun bonis and the perfect passive participle distractis, accompanied by the relative clause cuius in honorem... modifying eius, meaning "when the goods of [the person] are sold."
  2. §42.5.29.prnon esse emptoris ... sed aut publicas ... aut eius — The predicate part of the accusative and infinitive clause (statuas... non esse...). The genitives emptoris and eius denote possession ("belong to..."), and are coordinated in contrast with the predicate adjective publicas in the accusative (agreeing with statuas).
  3. §42.5.29.prornandi municipii causa — An expression of purpose using causa preceded by the genitive. The gerundive ornandi agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun municipii, meaning "for the purpose of decorating the municipality."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.5.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.5.29.pr

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