specificatio

Roman law

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law of property

  • Augustus from Prima Porta
    In Roman law: The law of property and possession

    Specificatio was somewhat different. If A made a thing out of material belonging to B, one school of thought held that ownership went to A, and another held that it remained with B. Justinian adopted a “middle opinion”: B retained ownership if reconversion to the…

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