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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.17.2.pr

Advantage of Possessors over Non-Possessors

Passage 7098 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that whether possession is lawful or unlawful against third parties is irrelevant in this interdict, and that any possessor has a superior legal standing compared to a non-possessor.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §43.17.2.prIusta enim an iniusta aduersus ceteros possessio sit, in hoc interdicto nihil refert: qualiscumque enim possessor hoc ipso, quod possessor est, plus iuris habet quam ille qui non possidet.
[PAULUS, in the sixty-fifth book on the Edict.] For whether the possession is lawful or unlawful against others does not matter at all in this interdict; for any possessor whatsoever, by the very fact that he is a possessor, has more of right than he who does not possess.

Notes

  1. §43.17.2.prIusta enim an iniusta aduersus ceteros possessio sit, in hoc interdicto nihil refert — The impersonal verb refert takes an indirect question clause in the subjunctive (here sit), namely 'Iusta... an iniusta... possessio sit' ('whether the possession is lawful or unlawful'), to express the matter of concern. 'nihil' functions adverbially to mean 'not at all'.
  2. §43.17.2.prplus iuris — iuris is a partitive genitive (or genitive of quantity) depending on the neuter pronoun plus (accusative). It literally means 'more of right', indicating a superior legal position relative to another.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.17.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.17.2.pr

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