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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.11.1.pr

Loss of the Right to Hold a Market Through Non-Use

Passage 8781 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus states that a person who has obtained the right to hold a market from the emperor loses this right if they do not use it for a period of ten years.

[MODESTINUS libro tertio regularum. ] §50.11.1.prNundinis impetratis a principe non utendo qui meruit decennii tempore usum amittit.
[MODESTINUS in the third book of Rules.] He who has obtained the right to hold a market from the emperor loses its use by not using it for a period of ten years.

Notes

  1. §50.11.1.prqui meruit — The demonstrative pronoun is, which is the antecedent of the relative pronoun qui, is omitted and serves as the subject of the main verb amittit. The verb meruit (perfect of mereri) is used here in the sense of 'obtained' or 'acquired' the privilege.
  2. §50.11.1.prnon utendo — This is the ablative of the gerund utendo with the negative particle non, expressing means or cause ('by not using'). It logically connects with the absolute ablative nundinis impetratis a principe at the beginning, referring to the non-use of the obtained market privilege.
  3. §50.11.1.prdecennii tempore — The ablative of time tempore ('by the lapse of time' or 'within the period') is modified by the genitive decennii ('of ten years'), indicating the ten-year limitation period after which the right is lost due to non-use.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.11.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.11.1.pr

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