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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.1.23.pr

Barring Claims for Statues Donated to Municipalities

Passage 7212 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The opinion of Paulus that a person who set up a statue with the intention of donating it to a municipality should be barred from claiming it back by a prescription granted on the facts.

[LABEO libro sexto pithanon a Paulo epitomatorum. ] §44.1.23.prPaulus: si quis statuam in municipio ea mente posuit, ut ea municipii esset, et eam petere uult, excludi eum oportet praescriptione in factum data.
[LABEO, Book 6 of Probabilities, epitomized by Paulus.] Paulus: If anyone has placed a statue in a municipality with the intention that it should belong to the municipality, and then wishes to claim it, he ought to be barred by a prescription granted on the facts.

Notes

  1. §44.1.23.prmunicipii — `municipii` is the genitive singular of the neuter noun `municipium`, used here with the verb `esset` (subjunctive imperfect 3rd person singular of `esse`) as a possessive genitive to denote ownership ("belong to the municipality").
  2. §44.1.23.prpraescriptione in factum data — Meaning "by a prescription granted on the facts." The ablative of means `praescriptione` (used synonymously with *exceptio* as a defense) is modified by the perfect participle `data`. The phrase `in factum` refers to a defense granted on the basis of equity and specific factual circumstances by the magistrate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.1.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.1.23.pr

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