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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.22.pr

Scope of the Terms Restitution and Exhibition

Passage 8836 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius compares the scope of the legal terms 'restitution' (restituere) and 'exhibition' (exhibere), explaining that 'restitution' encompasses broader obligations, such as making the recipient a possessor and returning the fruits, rather than merely presenting the physical object.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.16.22.prPlus est in restitutione, quam in exhibitione: nam 'exhibere' est praesentiam corporis praebere, 'restituere' est etiam possessorem facere fructusque reddere: pleraque praeterea restitutionis uerbo continentur.
[GAIUS, in the fourth book on the Provincial Edict.] There is more in 'restitution' than in 'exhibition': for 'to exhibit' is to present the physical presence of a thing, while 'to restore' is also to make one a possessor and to return the fruits; furthermore, many other things are contained in the word 'restitution'.

Notes

  1. §50.16.22.prPlus est in restitutione, quam in exhibitione — The comparative neuter noun 'plus' acts as the subject with the verb 'est', followed by the preposition 'in' with the ablative indicating the respective scopes. It forms a comparative construction: 'There is more in restitution than in exhibition.'
  2. §50.16.22.prpossessorem facere — The infinitive 'facere' governs a double accusative construction, taking an omitted direct object (the person) and 'possessorem' as the object complement (predicative accusative). The direct object is left unexpressed as it is clear from the context.
  3. §50.16.22.prrestitutionis uerbo — The genitive 'restitutionis' is an appositional (definitive) genitive modifying 'uerbo', meaning 'by the word "restitution"'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.22.pr

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