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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.2.78.pr

Theft of a Money Bag and Liability for the Container

Passage 7940 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a person who steals a sack containing money is liable for the theft of the sack itself, even if they had no intention of stealing the sack.

[IDEM libro tertio decimo ex uariis lectionibus. ] §47.2.78.prQui saccum habentem pecuniam subripit, furti etiam sacci nomine tenetur, quamuis non sit ei animus sacci subripiendi.
[THE SAME, in the thirteenth book of Various Readings.] He who steals a sack containing money is liable for theft also on account of the sack, although he has no intention of stealing the sack.

Notes

  1. §47.2.78.prsacci subripiendi — Gerundive construction. The gerundive `subripiendi` agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun `sacci` (genitive singular masculine), and the entire phrase modifies the noun `animus`. It expresses a gerundial meaning: "of stealing the sack".
  2. §47.2.78.prfurti etiam sacci nomine tenetur — The passive verb `tenetur` ("is held liable") takes the genitive of crime or charge `furti` ("for theft"). `sacci nomine` is an ablative phrase meaning "on account of the sack" or "by reason of the sack".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.2.78.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.2.78.pr

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