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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.4.26.pr

Restoration of Usufruct by Postliminium after Liberation

Passage 1284 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if land occupied by the enemy or a captured slave is liberated, the usufruct is restored by the right of postliminium.

[PAULUS libro primo ad Neratium. ] §7.4.26.prSi ager ab hostibus occupatus seruusue captus liberatus fuerit, iure postliminii restituetur usus fructus.
[PAULUS in the first book on Neratius.] If land occupied by the enemy, or a slave who has been captured, should be liberated, the usufruct will be restored by the right of postliminium.

Notes

  1. §7.4.26.prliberatus fuerit — Although the passive future perfect verb is singular, it applies to both subjects connected by `ue` ("or"), namely `ager` (land, masculine singular) and `seruus` (slave, masculine singular). The verb `liberare` ("to liberate") refers to the land being freed from enemy occupation and the slave being released from captivity.
  2. §7.4.26.priure postliminii — Meaning "by the right of postliminium." This refers to the Roman legal doctrine under which rights of citizenship and property, temporarily lost or suspended when captured by enemies, are retroactively restored upon return to Roman territory or liberation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.4.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.4.26.pr

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