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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §6.1.60.pr

Exemption of Infant or Insane Possessors for Loss or Damage

Passage 1131 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that an infant or insane possessor is not held liable for losing or damaging the possessed property.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §6.1.60.prQuod infans uel furiosus possessor perdidit uel corrupit, impunitum est.
[POMPONIUS in the twenty-ninth book on Sabinus.] What an infant or an insane possessor has lost or damaged is exempt from liability.

Notes

  1. 6.1.60.prQuod — The relative pronoun quod implies its antecedent (such as id) and forms a noun clause serving as the subject of the main clause. It functions as the direct object (accusative) of perdidit and corrupit.
  2. 6.1.60.prinfans uel furiosus possessor — With possessor (possessor) as the head noun, infans (infant) and furiosus (mad/insane) function appositively or attributively. It means "an infant possessor or an insane possessor."
  3. 6.1.60.primpunitum est — impunitum is the neuter singular nominative of the adjective impunitus (unpunished, exempt from penalty). It is in the neuter form because the subject is the neuter noun clause introduced by quod. In this context, it implies not just criminal exemption, but also freedom from civil liability for damage or loss of the property in an action for recovery (rei vindicatio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §6.1.60.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.60.pr

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