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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.2.1.pr-43.2.1.1

Formula and Scope of the Quorum Bonorum Interdict

Passage 7033 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The praetor's formula for the interdict 'quorum bonorum' is presented, and it is explained that this is a restoratory interdict pertaining to the entire estate rather than individual assets.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §43.2.1.prAit praetor: 'Quorum bonorum ex edicto meo illi possessio data est, quod de his bonis pro herede aut pro possessore possides possideresue, si nihil usucaptum esset, quod quidem dolo malo fecisti, uti desineres possidere, id illi restituas'. §43.2.1.1Hoc interdictum restitutorium est et ad uniuersitatem bonorum, non ad singulas res pertinet et appellatur 'quorum bonorum' et est apiscendae possessionis uniuersorum bonorum.
[ULPIANUS, on the Edict, book sixty-seven.] The praetor says: 'Of which goods possession has been granted to that person by my edict, whatever of these goods you possess as heir or as possessor, or would possess if nothing had been acquired by usucapion, or indeed what you have done with malice (dolo malo) so that you ceased to possess, that you shall restore to him.' This interdict is restoratory and pertains to the whole of the goods, not to individual things, and it is called 'quorum bonorum', and is for the purpose of acquiring possession of the whole of the goods.

Notes

  1. 43.2.1.prQuorum bonorum ... id ... restituas — The introductory genitive relative phrase 'Quorum bonorum', together with the following relative clauses, refers forward to the pronoun 'id' which functions as the object of the main verb 'restituas'. This proleptic structure is highly characteristic of praetorian formulae.
  2. 43.2.1.prpossideresue, si nihil usucaptum esset — The imperfect subjunctive 'possideres' with the pluperfect subjunctive condition 'si nihil usucaptum esset' forms a past contrary-to-fact conditional. It creates a legal fiction to impose the duty of restoration as if the usucapion had not taken place.
  3. 43.2.1.1apiscendae possessionis — A genitive gerundive phrase (the gerundive 'apiscendae' agreeing with 'possessionis') expressing the purpose or character of the interdict ('for the purpose of acquiring possession').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.2.1.pr-43.2.1.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.2.1.pr-43.2.1.1

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