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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.72.pr

Inclusion of the Right to Pledge as Fruits of a Thing

Passage 9132 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Defines that the "fruit" of a thing includes the permission to give it as a pledge.

[IAUOLENUS libro tertio ex posterioribus Labeonis. ] §50.17.72.prFructus rei est uel pignori dare licere.
[JAVOLENUS, from Labeo's Posthumous Works, Book III.] The fruit of a thing includes also being permitted to give it as a pledge.

Notes

  1. §50.17.72.prlicere — Infinitive of the impersonal verb licet (it is permitted). Here it functions substantively as the predicate nominative with est, meaning "to be permitted (is the fruit)."
  2. §50.17.72.prpignori — Dative singular of pignus (pledge). Used with dare (to give) in the phrase pignori dare, functioning as a dative of purpose meaning "to give as a pledge" or "to pledge."
  3. §50.17.72.pruel — Although normally a disjunctive conjunction ("or"), here it has an intensive or additive force ("even", "at least"), serving to exemplify one of the rights included in the concept of the fruit of a thing.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.72.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.72.pr

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