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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.2.pr

Usufruct in Corporeal Things and Its Extinction

Passage 1173 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Celsus defines usufruct as a right in a corporeal thing, emphasizing that if the physical thing itself is destroyed, the usufruct must also necessarily cease to exist.

[CELSUS libro octauo decimo digestorum. ] §7.1.2.prEst enim usus fructus ius in corpore, quo sublato et ipsum tolli necesse est.
[CELSUS, Digest, book 18] For usufruct is a right in a corporeal thing, and if this is destroyed, the usufruct itself must also of necessity perish.

Notes

  1. 7.1.2.prquo sublato — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the relative pronoun `quo` (referring to the antecedent `corpore`, the corporeal body) and `sublato` (the perfect passive participle of `tollere`), expressing a conditional sense ("if this is destroyed").
  2. 7.1.2.pret ipsum — The conjunction `et` is used adverbially here to mean "also" or "even", modifying the intensive pronoun `ipsum` (the usufruct itself).

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