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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. XLI8,
Pro legato
Liber quadragesimus primus
VIII.

Pro legato

(Concerning Possession on the Ground of a Legacy.)

1Ul­pia­nus li­bro sex­to dis­pu­ta­tio­num. Le­ga­to­rum no­mi­ne is vi­de­tur pos­si­de­re cui le­ga­tum est: pro le­ga­to enim pos­ses­sio et usu­ca­pio nul­li alii, quam cui le­ga­tum est, com­pe­tit.

1Ulpianus, Disputations, Book VI. He is considered to be in possession as a legatee to whom the bequest has been left, for possession and usucaption based on the legacy will take place only in favor of the person to whom the property has been bequeathed.

2Pau­lus li­bro quin­qua­gen­si­mo quar­to ad edic­tum. Si pos­si­deam ali­quam rem, quam pu­ta­bam mi­hi le­ga­tam, cum non es­set, pro le­ga­to non usu­ca­piam:

2Paulus, On the Edict, Book LIV. If I possess anything which I think was bequeathed to me, and this is not the case, I cannot, in the capacity of legatee, acquire it by usucaption.

3Pa­pi­nia­nus li­bro vi­cen­si­mo ter­tio quaes­tio­num. non ma­gis quam si quis emp­tum ex­is­ti­met, quod non eme­rit.

3Papinianus, Questions, Book XXII. No more than where anyone thinks that he has purchased something which he has not purchased.

4Pau­lus li­bro quin­qua­gen­si­mo quar­to ad edic­tum. Pro le­ga­to pot­est usu­ca­pi, si res alie­na le­ga­ta sit aut tes­ta­to­ris qui­dem sit, sed ad­emp­ta co­di­cil­lis igno­ra­tur: in ho­rum enim per­so­na sub­est ius­ta cau­sa, quae suf­fi­cit ad usu­ca­pio­nem. idem pot­est di­ci et si in no­mi­ne erit du­bi­ta­tio, vel­uti si Ti­tio le­ga­tum sit, cum sint duo Ti­tii, ut al­ter eo­rum de se co­gi­ta­tum ex­is­ti­ma­ve­rit.

4Paulus, On the Edict, Book LIV. Property can be acquired by usucaption on the ground of its being a legacy, where something belonging to another has been bequeathed, or where it belonged to the testator, and it is not known that it was taken away by a codicil; for, in instances of this kind, a good reason exists for usucaption to take effect. The same rule can be said to apply where the name of the legatee is in doubt, as, for example, where a bequest is made to Titius, and there are two individuals of that name, so that one of them thinks that he was meant, when this was not the case.

5Ia­vo­le­nus li­bro sep­ti­mo ex Cas­sio. Ea res, quae le­ga­ti no­mi­ne tra­di­ta est, quam­vis do­mi­nus eius vi­vat, le­ga­to­rum ta­men no­mi­ne usu­ca­pie­tur,

5Javolenus, On Cassius, Book VII. Property delivered as a legacy can be acquired by usucaption on this ground, even though the owner of it may be living,

6Pom­po­nius li­bro tri­gen­si­mo se­cun­do ad Sa­binum. si is, cui tra­di­ta est, mor­tui es­se ex­is­ti­ma­ve­rit.

6Pomponius, On Sabinus, Book XXXII. If the person to whom the property was delivered thinks that the testator is dead.

7Ia­vo­le­nus li­bro sep­ti­mo ex Cas­sio. Ne­mo pot­est le­ga­to­rum no­mi­ne usu­ca­pe­re ni­si is, cum quo tes­ta­men­ti fac­tio est, quia ea pos­ses­sio ex iu­re tes­ta­men­ti pro­fi­cis­ci­tur.

7Javolenus, On Cassius, Book VII. No one can acquire property by usucaption on account of a legacy, unless he himself had a right to make a will for the benefit of the testator, because possession of this kind depends upon testamentary capacity.

8Pa­pi­nia­nus li­bro vi­cen­si­mo ter­tio quaes­tio­num. Si non tra­di­tam pos­ses­sio­nem in­gre­dia­tur si­ne vi­tio le­ga­ta­rius, le­ga­tae rei usu­ca­pio com­pe­tit.

8Papinianus, Questions, Book XXIII. If the legatee takes possession of the legacy without any question arising to affect his title, even if the bequest has not been delivered to him, he will be entitled to acquire by usucaption the property bequeathed to him.

9Her­mo­ge­nia­nus li­bro quin­to iu­ris epi­to­ma­rum. Pro le­ga­to usu­ca­pit, cui rec­te le­ga­tum re­lic­tum est: sed et si non iu­re le­ga­tum re­lin­qua­tur vel le­ga­tum ad­emp­tum est, pro le­ga­to usu­ca­pi post mag­nas va­rie­ta­tes op­ti­nuit.

9Hermogenianus, Epitomes of Law, Book V. A person to whom a legacy has been legally bequeathed acquires property by usucaption, as a legatee. If, however, it has not been left in conformity to law, or the legacy has been taken away, it has been decided, after much controversy, that the property can be acquired by usucaption on account of the legacy.