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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.17.4.pr

Application of the Interdict in Disputes over Usufruct

Passage 7100 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the interdict for retaining possession is applicable even among usufructuaries, and in cases where one party claims usufruct or use while the other claims possession or fruit.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo ad edictum. ] §43.17.4.prIn summa puto dicendum et inter fructuarios hoc interdictum reddendum: et si alter usum fructum, alter possessionem sibi defendat.
[THE SAME, in the seventieth book on the Edict.] In short, I think it should be said that this interdict must be granted also between usufructuaries; and this is so if one claims the usufruct for himself, and the other the possession.
idem erit probandum et si usus fructus quis sibi defendat possessionem, et ita Pomponius scribit.
The same must be approved also if someone claims the possession of a usufruct for himself, and Pomponius writes to this effect.
perinde et si alter usum, alter fructum sibi tueatur, et his interdictum erit dandum.
Likewise, even if one claims the use for himself, and the other the fruit, the interdict must be given to them.

Notes

  1. 43.17.4.prfructuarios — The noun fructuarius is commonly used as an abbreviation for usufructuary (usufructuarius). Although they do not hold legal possession (possessio) in the strict sense, they are granted interdictal protection under the edict, as stated here.
  2. 43.17.4.prusus fructus — The phrase usus fructus is the genitive singular of the fourth-declension noun ususfructus (usufruct), modifying possessionem ('possession of a usufruct'). This refers to the 'quasi-possession of a right' (quasi possessio iuris), indicating that the interdict is applicable to protect the enjoyment of this non-corporeal right.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.17.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.17.4.pr

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