Having it.
Owning it.
A mule changes hands. Its civil title stays behind.
Change the facts and follow the difference.
Gaius, Institutes · Second century CE
Latin, explained through three ownership cases.
Who owns the mule?
What makes the formality? Try the bronze and balance, then the magistrate.
A valid sale, capable citizens, uninterrupted possession. Read the assumptions.
Let possession continue
Aulus has the thing. Lucius retains civil title.
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Two legal positions in one thing
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