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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.3.21.pr

Definitions of Perished and Deteriorated Property

Passage 1018 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains the specific legal definitions of 'perished' (deperditum) and 'deteriorated' (deminutum) under the senatusconsultum.

[GAIUS libro sexto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §5.3.21.prDeperditum intellegitur, quod in rerum natura esse desiit: deminutum uero, quod usucaptum esset et ob id de hereditate exiit.
[GAIUS in the sixth book on the Provincial Edict] By 'perished' is understood that which has ceased to exist in the nature of things; but by 'deteriorated', that which has been acquired by usucapion and for that reason has departed from the inheritance.

Notes

  1. 5.3.21.prin rerum natura — A common legal phrase meaning 'in the nature of things' or 'in actual physical existence'. Here it denotes absolute physical destruction or ceasing to exist.
  2. 5.3.21.prusucaptum esset — Passive perfect of *usucapere* (to acquire by usucapion). The subjunctive *esset* is used instead of the indicative *est* to express a hypothetical or characterising aspect within a legal definition ('such as has been acquired by usucapion').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.3.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.3.21.pr

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