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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.3.3.pr

Application of Long Possession to Land and Slaves

Passage 7247 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Confirmation by Modestinus that the prescription of long possession applies to both land (immovables) and slaves (movables).

[MODESTINUS libro sexto differentiarum. ] §44.3.3.prLongae possessionis praescriptionem tam in praediis quam in mancipiis locum habere manifestum est.
[MODESTINUS, Differences, book six] It is manifest that the prescription of long possession applies as well in the case of estates as in that of slaves.

Notes

  1. §44.3.3.prLongae possessionis praescriptionem ... locum habere manifestum est — The impersonal expression `manifestum est` ("it is manifest") governs an accusative and infinitive (AcI) construction, in which `Longae possessionis praescriptionem` is the subject accusative of the infinitive `locum habere` ("to apply" or "to have place").
  2. §44.3.3.prtam in praediis quam in mancipiis — The correlative conjunctions `tam ... quam ...` ("as well ... as ...") connect the two prepositional phrases `in praediis` ("in the case of estates") and `in mancipiis` ("in the case of slaves") in parallel. Here, `mancipium` refers specifically to slaves as a category of res mancipi.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.3.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.3.3.pr

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