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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.140.pr

Legal Meaning of Acquisition Made on Behalf of Another

Passage 8954 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text defines that a person is legally deemed to have 'taken' (capere) even if the acquisition was made on behalf of another.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §50.16.140.pr'Cepisse' quis intellegitur, quamuis alii adquisiit.
[PAULUS, from the sixth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] A person is understood to have 'taken', even though he has acquired for another.

Notes

  1. §50.16.140.prquamuis alii adquisiit — Although 'quamuis' typically takes the subjunctive in classical Latin, here it is used with the indicative perfect 'adquisiit' (a syncopated form of 'adquisiuit') to express a concession of fact. 'alii' is a dative of advantage, meaning 'for another'.
  2. §50.16.140.prCepisse quis intellegitur — The indefinite pronoun 'quis' (nominative) acts as the subject of the passive verb 'intellegitur' with the infinitive 'cepisse' in a personal construction. It is naturally translated impersonally: 'a person is understood to have taken'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.140.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.140.pr

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