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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.2.28.pr

Theft of Documents and Subsequent Effacement

Passage 7889 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the scope of liability when a document is stolen before being effaced, and notes that the subsequent act of effacing adds nothing to the penalty.

[PAULUS libro nono ad Sabinum. ] §47.2.28.prSed si subripuit, priusquam deleat, tanto tenetur, quanti domini interfuit non subripi: delendo enim nihil ad poenam adicit.
[PAULUS in the ninth book on Sabinus.] But if he stole it before he could efface it, he is liable for as much as it was to the owner's interest that it should not be stolen; for by effacing it, he adds nothing to the penalty.

Notes

  1. 47.2.28.prquanti domini interfuit non subripi — The construction of the impersonal verb `interfuit`, consisting of the genitive of value `quanti` indicating the degree of interest, the genitive `domini` indicating the person interested, and the passive infinitive phrase `non subripi` ("not to be stolen") as the subject.
  2. 47.2.28.prdelendo — The ablative of the gerund from `delere` ("to efface"), expressing the means or instrument ("by effacing").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.2.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.2.28.pr

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