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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.39.pr-50.16.39.3

Meanings of Subsignatum Bona Detestari and Incertus Possessor

Passage 8853 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Based on Paulus, definitions of four basic legal terms are provided: 'subsignatum' (signed/registered), 'bona' (goods/assets), 'detestari' (to denounce), and 'incertus possessor' (uncertain possessor).

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §50.16.39.prSubsignatum' dicitur, quod ab aliquo subscriptum est: nam ueteres subsignationis uerbo pro adscriptione uti solebant.
[PAULUS, in the fifty-third book on the Edict.] 'Subsignatum' is said of that which has been subscribed by someone; for the ancients used to use the word 'subsignatio' instead of 'adscriptio'.
' §50.16.39.1Bona' intelleguntur cuiusque, quae deducto aere alieno supersunt.
A person's 'goods' are understood to be those things which remain after deducting their debts.
' §50.16.39.2Detestari' est absenti denuntiare.
'To denounce' is to give notice to one who is absent.
' §50.16.39.3Incertus possessor' est, quem ignoramus.
An 'uncertain possessor' is one whom we do not know.

Notes

  1. §50.16.39.prsubsignationis uerbo — Genitive of definition (appositional genitive). The genitive noun subsignationis specifies the content of uerbo, meaning "the word 'subsignatio'".
  2. §50.16.39.1deducto aere alieno — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun aes alienum (debt, literally 'other people's copper') and the past participle deducto (from deduco, to deduct), meaning 'after debts have been deducted'.
  3. §50.16.39.2absenti — Dative singular of the adjective absens (absent) used substantively. It functions as the indirect object of the verb denuntiare (to give notice), meaning 'to one who is absent'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.39.pr-50.16.39.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.39.pr-50.16.39.3

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