[PAULUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.21.prPrinceps 'bona' concedendo uidetur etiam obligationes concedere.
[PAULUS, in the eleventh book on the Edict.] The Emperor, by granting 'bona', is deemed to grant obligations as well.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.21.pr
Inclusion of Claims in the Imperial Grant of Property
Summary
Explains the legal interpretation that when the Emperor grants 'property' (bona), he is also deemed to transfer outstanding obligations (claims).
Notes
- §50.16.21.pruidetur ... concedere — The verb uidetur (third-person singular passive of uideo) agrees with the nominative subject Princeps and takes the infinitive concedere in a personal construction (nominative with infinitive), meaning 'the Emperor is deemed to grant (obligations as well)'.
- §50.16.21.probligationes — Although obligatio can mean a liability or debt, in the context of granting or transferring 'bona' (property), obligationes refers to 'claims' or 'rights of action' (active assets) that constitute part of the property.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.21.pr
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