[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §50.17.11.prId, quod nostrum est, sine facto nostro ad alium transferri non potest.
[POMPONIUS, in his fifth book on Sabinus.] That which is ours cannot be transferred to another without our own act.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.11.pr
No Transfer of Property Without the Owner's Act
Summary
This section states the principle that what belongs to us cannot be transferred to another without our own act.
Notes
- §50.17.11.prnostrum est — The neuter nominative singular of the possessive pronoun, nostrum, is used predicatively with 'est' to denote ownership ('is ours'). Together with the antecedent 'Id', it forms the subject representing the inviolability of one's own property or rights.
- §50.17.11.prsine facto nostro — Composed of the preposition 'sine' (taking the ablative) and the ablative of 'factum' (act, deed). It refers to an active disposition or consent on the part of the owner, establishing the legal principle that rights cannot be involuntarily transferred without the owner's active involvement.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.11.pr
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