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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.137.pr

Good-Faith Possession through Judicial Authorization

Passage 9197 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states that a person who acquires property under the authority of a judge is considered a possessor in good faith.

[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §50.17.137.prQui auctore iudice comparauit, bonae fidei possessor est.
[ULPIANUS, in the twenty-fifth book on the edict.] A person who has acquired property under the authority of a judge is a possessor in good faith.

Notes

  1. §50.17.137.prauctore iudice — An ablative absolute construction without a participle, consisting of the nouns auctore (ablative of auctor) and iudice (ablative of iudex). It means 'with the judge as guarantor or authorizer', i.e., 'under the authority or approval of the judge'.
  2. §50.17.137.prQui — The nominative singular masculine relative pronoun, with the demonstrative pronoun (is) serving as the subject of the main clause being omitted. It forms a generalized subject meaning 'whoever' or 'a person who'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.137.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.137.pr

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