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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.165.pr

Power of Alienation Consent and Limits on Donation

Passage 9225 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the legal rule that while one who has the power to alienate can also consent to alienation, the consent of a person who is not permitted to make a donation is invalid if given for the purpose of a donation.

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §50.17.165.prCum quis possit alienare, poterit et consentire alienationi.
[ULPIANUS, in the fifty-third book on the edict.] When anyone can alienate, he will also be able to consent to an alienation.
cui autem donare non conceditur, probandum erit nec, si donationis causa consenserit, ratam eius uoluntatem habendam.
But in the case of one to whom it is not permitted to make a donation, it must be held that even if he should consent for the sake of a donation, his intention is not to be considered valid.

Notes

  1. §50.17.165.prprobandum erit ... ratam eius uoluntatem habendam — probandum erit is an impersonal gerundive construction meaning "it must be held" or "it must be approved". It is followed by an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction ratam [eius uoluntatem] habendam [esse], utilizing the gerundive of the idiom ratum habere (to consider valid). The negative nec negates this entire infinitive clause.
  2. §50.17.165.prcui — A relative connection or a relative clause with the omission of the antecedent ei. cui is the dative complement of non conceditur, setting up the premise for the entire main clause as "as for the person to whom (to make a donation) is not permitted".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.165.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.165.pr

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