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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.67.pr-50.16.67.1

Distinction of Alienation and Scope of Donation

Passage 8881 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage explains that a thing still under the seller's ownership is correctly called 'sold' but not 'alienated', and that the term 'donation' generally encompasses both mortis causa and other forms of donation.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §50.16.67.prAlienatum' non proprie dicitur, quod adhuc in dominio uenditoris manet: 'uenditum' tamen recte dicetur.
[THE SAME, on the Edict, book 76.] What still remains in the ownership of the seller is not properly said to be 'alienated'; however, it will correctly be said to be 'sold'.
' §50.16.67.1Donationis' uerbum simpliciter loquendo omnem donationem comprehendisse uidetur, siue mortis causa siue non mortis causa fuerit.
The word 'donation', simply speaking, seems to comprehend every donation, whether it be mortis causa or not mortis causa.

Notes

  1. §50.16.67.prAlienatum' non proprie dicitur, quod... — The antecedent (neuter singular id) of the relative pronoun quod is omitted. The quod-clause itself acts as the subject of dicitur ('that which... is not said to be...'). Alienatum functions as a predicate nominative referring to this implied subject.
  2. §50.16.67.1simpliciter loquendo — The ablative of the gerund (loquendo), modified by the adverb simpliciter, is used as an absolute/adverbial formula meaning 'simply speaking' or 'generally speaking'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.67.pr-50.16.67.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.67.pr-50.16.67.1

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