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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.19.6.pr

Predecessor's Lawful Use and Defective Use by a Successor

Passage 7108 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that if a predecessor used a right lawfully, a successor's defective use does not prejudice them, just as an individual's defective use in the same year does not prejudice their own prior lawful use.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §43.19.6.prSicut non nocet ei, qui sine uitio usus est, quod eodem anno uitiose usus est, ita emptori heredique non nocebit, quod ipsi uitiose usi sunt, si testator uenditorue recte usi sunt.
[PAULUS from the sixty-sixth book on the Edict.] Just as it does not prejudice him who has used without defect that he has used with defect in the same year, so it will not prejudice a purchaser or an heir that they themselves have used with defect, if the testator or the vendor used rightfully.

Notes

  1. §43.19.6.prquod ... usus est — The clauses introduced by the conjunction `quod` function as subject noun clauses for the verb `nocet` / `nocebit`, meaning "the fact that they have used [the servitude] with defect."
  2. §43.19.6.prsi testator uenditorue recte usi sunt — The conditional clause `si` modifies the entire apodosis `ita ... nocebit`, showing that the rightful use (`recte usi sunt`) by the predecessor (testator or vendor) is the condition for protecting the successors (heir or purchaser).

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