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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.3.12.pr

Defense of Long Possession against the Purchaser of a Pledge

Passage 7256 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus answers a query confirming that if a creditor, who could have been barred by the defense of long possession, sells the pledge, the possessor can still assert the same defense against the buyer.

[PAULUS libro sexto decimo responsorum. ] §44.3.12.prCreditor, qui praescriptione longae possessionis a possessore pignoris summoueri possit, pignus distraxit: quaero, an possessori salua sit exceptio aduersus emptorem.
[PAULUS, Responsorum, book sixteen] A creditor, who could be barred by the prescription of long possession by the possessor of a pledge, sold the pledge. I ask whether the defense remains available to the possessor against the buyer.
Paulus respondit etiam aduersus emptorem eandem exceptionem competere.
Paulus answered that the same defense is also available against the buyer.

Notes

  1. §44.3.12.prqui ... possit — The verb 'possit' in the relative clause introduced by 'qui' is in the subjunctive present. This is because it characterizes the legal status or susceptibility of the creditor at the time of the sale, rather than merely stating a simple historical fact.
  2. §44.3.12.pran possessori salua sit exceptio — An indirect question acting as the object of 'quaero', which explains the use of the subjunctive present 'sit'. 'possessori' functions as a dative of advantage ('for the possessor') or possession.
  3. §44.3.12.prcompetere — The infinitive verb in the indirect speech (accusative with infinitive construction) governed by 'Paulus respondit'. Its subject accusative is 'eandem exceptionem', meaning 'that the same defense is legally applicable or available'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.3.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.3.12.pr

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