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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.222.pr

Scope and Definition of Things Included under Pecunia

Passage 9036 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Hermogenianus explains in the definition of the legal term 'pecunia' that it encompasses not only cash but all 'things', including both immovables and movables, as well as corporeal entities and rights.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §50.16.222.pr'Pecuniae' nomine non solum numerata pecunia, sed omnes res tam soli quam mobiles et tam corpora quam iura continentur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, in the second book of the Epitomes of Law.] the name of 'pecunia', not only cash, but all things, both of the soil and movable, and both corporeal entities and rights, are contained.

Notes

  1. §50.16.222.prsoli — soli is the genitive of the noun solum (soil, land), forming the phrase res soli (things of the soil, i.e., immovables). On the other hand, the juxtaposed mobiles is an adjective (modifying res to mean 'movables'), showing an asymmetrical grammatical structure in parallel.
  2. §50.16.222.prcorpora quam iura — A contrast between corpora (corporeal things, literally 'bodies') and iura (rights, i.e., 'incorporeal things'). This demonstrates that the Roman concept of res (thing) is broad enough to encompass not only physical entities but also legal rights and relations.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.222.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.222.pr

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