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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.26.5.pr

Extension of Precarium within Term versus Renewal after Expiration

Passage 7155 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the difference in legal effects between requesting an extension while the existing precarium is still in force and making a request after its term has already expired.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §43.26.5.prSed si manente adhuc precario tu in ulterius tempus rogasti, prorogatur precarium: nam nec mutatur causa possessionis et non constituitur eo modo precarium, sed in longius tempus profertur.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book twenty-nine.] But if, while the precarium is still continuing, you have requested for a further period, the precarium is extended; for neither is the cause of possession changed, nor is a precarium established in this manner, but it is prolonged to a longer time.
si uero praeterita die rogas, propius est, ut soluta iam causa precarii non redintegretur, sed noua constituatur.
If, however, you make the request after the day has passed, it is more correct to hold that the cause of the precarium, being already dissolved, is not restored, but a new one is established.

Notes

  1. 43.26.5.prmanente adhuc precario — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle *manente* and the noun *precario*, indicating the temporal/circumstantial background ("while the precarium is still continuing").
  2. 43.26.5.prpropius est, ut — An impersonal construction where *propius est* ("it is closer [to the truth]", i.e., "it is more correct/reasonable") is followed by an *ut*-clause with the subjunctive (*redintegretur*, *constituatur*).
  3. 43.26.5.prpraeterita die — An ablative phrase meaning "after the day has passed" or "once the deadline has expired". *praeterita* is a perfect participle functioning adjectivally, and *dies* (day/term) is treated here as a feminine noun.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.26.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.26.5.pr

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