[IDEM libro uicesimo quarto digestorum. ] §50.17.190.prQuod euincitur, in bonis non est.
[THE SAME, in the twenty-fourth book of the Digests.] That which is evicted is not among one's property.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.190.pr
Exclusion of Evicted Property from One's Assets
Summary
States the legal principle that what is recovered by a rightful owner through legal process (evicted) is not considered part of one's property.
Notes
- §50.17.190.prQuod — Neuter singular nominative relative pronoun. The demonstrative antecedent id is omitted (equivalent to id quod, "that which"). The entire relative clause acts as the subject of the main verb est.
- §50.17.190.preuincitur — Third-person singular present passive indicative of the verb evincere (to recover by legal process, to evict). It is a technical term in Roman law referring to a situation where an acquired thing is legally recovered by its true owner or rightful claimant through a lawsuit, resulting in the eviction of the purchaser.
- §50.17.190.prin bonis — The preposition in with the ablative of the neuter plural noun bona (property, assets). The phrase in bonis esse is a standard legal idiom in Roman law meaning "to be counted among one's assets" or "to form part of one's estate."
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