Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §6.1.66.pr

Right to Claim Property Despite Future Loss by Condition

Passage 1137 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that even if ownership is expected to be lost in the future upon the fulfillment of a condition for a legacy or freedom, the right to bring an action for recovery of the property at present remains fully valid.

[PAULUS libro secundo quaestionum. ] §6.1.66.prNon ideo minus recte quid nostrum esse uindicabimus, quod abire a nobis dominium speratur, si condicio legati uel libertatis extiterit.

[PAULUS in the second book of Questions.] We shall not on that account any less rightly claim that something is ours, because it is expected that the ownership will depart from us if the condition of a legacy or of freedom should be fulfilled.

Notes

6.1.66.prNon ideo minus recte ... quod — This indicates a correlative causal relationship with a partial negation: "not on that account any less... because...". The quod clause provides the reason, which is negated by non ideo minus to assert the validity of the main action.
6.1.66.prquid — The indefinite pronoun aliquid with the prefix ali- omitted, meaning "something".
6.1.66.prquid nostrum esse uindicabimus — The verb uindicare refers to the action of claiming ownership (rei vindicatio) in Roman law. The phrase quid nostrum esse ("that something is ours") functions as the object of uindicabimus, meaning "we shall claim that something is ours (and demand its return)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §6.1.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.66.pr

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