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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.18.pr

Restriction on Incidental Claims Pending Ownership Dispute

Passage 7207 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage addresses whether secondary claims, such as for the division of property or the recovery of fruits, can be brought simultaneously while the ownership of an estate is disputed, concluding that the praetor should block these until ownership is settled.

[AFRICANUS libro nono quaestionum. ] §44.1.18.prFundi, quem tu proprium tuum esse dicis, partem a te peto et uolo simul iudicio quoque communi diuidundo agere sub eodem iudice: item si eius fundi, quem tu possideas et ego proprium meum esse dicam, fructus condicere tibi uelim: quaesitum est an exceptio 'quod praeiudicium fundo partiue eius non fiat' obstet an deneganda sit.
[AFRICANUS in the ninth book of Questions.] I claim from you a part of an estate which you say is your own, and at the same time I wish to sue also under the action for dividing common property before the same judge; likewise, if I should wish to claim from you by personal action the fruits of that estate which you possess and I say is my own: the question was raised whether the exception 'lest prejudice be done to the estate or a part of it' stands in the way, or whether it should be refused.
et utrubique putat interuenire praetorem debere nec permittere petitori, priusquam de proprietate constet, huiusmodi iudiciis experiri.
And in both cases he thinks that the praetor ought to intervene and not permit the claimant to litigate by actions of this kind before the ownership is established.

Notes

  1. §44.1.18.prFundi ... partem — The leading genitive `Fundi` depends on the accusative object `partem` in the main clause, separated by the relative clause `quem... dicis`. This hyperbaton places emphasis on the disputed estate at the very beginning of the sentence.
  2. §44.1.18.pran exceptio 'quod praeiudicium fundo partiue eius non fiat' obstet an deneganda sit — This is a double indirect question introduced by the impersonal passive `quaesitum est`. The present subjunctive `obstet` and the gerundive phrase `deneganda sit` are parallel, both agreeing with the subject `exceptio`. `deneganda` refers to the refusal of the exception by the praetor to the defendant.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.18.pr

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