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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. XLI6,
Pro donato
Liber quadragesimus primus
VI.

Pro donato

(Concerning Possession on the Ground of Donation.)

1Pau­lus li­bro quin­qua­gen­si­mo quar­to ad edic­tum. Pro do­na­to is usu­ca­pit, cui do­na­tio­nis cau­sa res tra­di­ta est: nec suf­fi­cit opi­na­ri, sed et do­na­tum es­se opor­tet. 1Si pa­ter fi­lio quem in po­tes­ta­te ha­bet do­net, de­in­de de­ce­dat, fi­lius pro do­na­to non ca­piet usu, quon­iam nul­la do­na­tio fuit. 2Si in­ter vi­rum et uxo­rem do­na­tio fac­ta sit, ces­sat usu­ca­pio. item si vir uxo­ri rem do­na­ve­rit et di­vor­tium in­ter­ces­se­rit, ces­sa­re usu­ca­pio­nem Cas­sius re­spon­dit, quon­iam non pos­sit cau­sam pos­ses­sio­nis si­bi ip­sa mu­ta­re: alias ait post di­vor­tium ita usu­cap­tu­ram, si eam ma­ri­tus con­ces­se­rit, qua­si nunc do­nas­se in­tel­le­ga­tur. pos­si­de­re au­tem uxo­rem rem a vi­ro do­na­tam Iu­lia­nus pu­tat.

1Paulus, On the Edict, Book LIV. He to whom property has been delivered as a gift acquires it by usucaption, because of the donation. It is not sufficient to think that this was the case, but it is necessary for the donation actually to be made. 1If a father makes a donation to his son whom he has under his control, and then dies, the son cannot acquire the property given by usucaption, for the reason that the donation is void. 2Ad Dig. 41,6,1,2Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, 7. Aufl. 1891, Bd. I, § 176, Note 6.Where a donation is made between husband and wife, usucaption does not take place. Moreover, Cassius says that if a husband should give property to his wife, and a divorce should then take place, usucaption cannot be acquired because the wife cannot, herself, change the title to possession. He states that the rule is different, and that she can obtain the property by usucaption after the divorce, if the husband has allowed her to use the property just as if he was understood to have donated it to her. Julianus, however, thinks that a wife is in possession of property donated by her husband.

2Mar­cel­lus li­bro vi­cen­si­mo se­cun­do di­ges­to­rum. Si is, qui alie­nam rem do­na­ve­rit, re­vo­ca­re con­sti­tue­rit do­na­tio­nem, et­iam­si iu­di­cium edi­de­rit rem­que coe­pe­rit vin­di­ca­re, cur­ret usu­ca­pio.

2Marcellus, Digest, Book XXII. Where anyone donates property belonging to another, and determines to revoke the donation, even if he has instituted proceedings to recover it, the usucaption will continue to run.

3Pom­po­nius li­bro vi­gen­si­mo quar­to ad Quin­tum Mu­cium. Si vir uxo­ri vel uxor vi­ro do­na­ve­rit, si alie­na res do­na­ta fue­rit, ve­rum est, quod Tre­ba­tius pu­ta­bat, si pau­pe­rior is qui do­nas­set non fie­ret, usu­ca­pio­nem pos­si­den­ti pro­ce­de­re.

3Pomponius, On Quintus Mucius, Book XXIV. When a husband makes a donation to his wife, or a wife to her husband, and the property donated belongs to another, the opinion of Trebatius is, if the party who made the donation does not become any poorer by doing so, the possessor can acquire the property by usucaption, is correct.

4Idem li­bro tri­gen­si­mo se­cun­do ad Sa­binum. Si pa­ter fi­liae do­na­ve­rit, quae in po­tes­ta­te eius erat, et eam ex­he­reda­ve­rit: si id he­res eius ra­tum ha­beat, ex­in­de ea usu­ca­piet do­na­tio­nem, qua ex die ra­tam he­res do­na­tio­nem ha­bue­rit.

4The Same, On Sabinus, Book XXXII. If a father makes a donation to his daughter, who is under his control, and has disinherited her, and the heir ratines the donation, she can begin to acquire it by usucaption from the day when the ratification was made.

5Scae­vo­la li­bro quin­to re­spon­so­rum. Qui pro do­na­to coe­pe­rat usu­ca­pe­re, ma­nu­mit­ten­do ni­hil egit, quia nec do­mi­nium nanc­tus fue­rit: quae­si­tum est, an usu­ca­pe­re de­sie­rit. re­spon­di eum de quo quae­ri­tur omis­sis­se vi­de­ri pos­ses­sio­nem et id­eo usu­ca­pio­nem in­ter­rup­tam.

5Scævola, Opinions, Book V. Where anyone has begun to acquire a slave by usucaption, as a gift, and manumits him, the act of manumission is void, because he has not yet obtained the ownership of the slave. The question arose whether he had ceased to acquire him by usucaption. The answer was that with reference to the person in question, he seemed to have relinquished possession, and hence usucaption was interrupted.

6Her­mo­ge­nia­nus li­bro se­cun­do iu­ris epi­to­ma­rum. Do­na­tio­nis cau­sa fac­ta ven­di­tio­ne non pro emp­to­re, sed pro do­na­to res tra­di­ta usu­ca­pi­tur.

6Hermogenianus, Epitomes of Law, Book II. When sale has been made which is, in fact, a donation, the property delivered is acquired by usucaption, as a purchase, and not as a gift.