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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.3.37.pr

Allowance of Expenses for Possessor without Fruits

Passage 1035 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that it is most equitable to take into account the expenses incurred by a bona fide possessor even if they have gathered no fruits.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §5.3.37.prQuod si sumptus quidem fecit, nihil autem fructuum perceperit, aequissimum erit rationem horum quoque in bonae fidei possessoribus haberi.
[ULPIAN in his fifteenth book on the Edict.] But if he has indeed incurred expenses, but has gathered no fruits, it will be most equitable that account should be taken of these as well in the case of bona fide possessors.

Notes

  1. §5.3.37.prrationem horum quoque ... haberi — This is an accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the subject of the impersonal expression `aequissimum erit`. `rationem haberi` is the passive of `rationem habere` ("to take account of"), which governs the genitive `horum` (referring back to the expenses, `sumptus`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.3.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.3.37.pr

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