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Heyman, Peter · 1587

idiots, or insane persons, such that they are unable to have the intention of possessing, acquire possession.
XV.
Possession is lost by almost the same means by which it is acquired, at least in that we sometimes say that in the losing of possession, intention alone is sufficient: which, however, we understand to proceed with the application of the proper distinction.
XVI.
We do not think that possession is lost by the body alone, except in the case of movable things: for in these, possession cannot be retained by intention in the same way as it can be in immovable things.
XVII.
For we say that in immovable things, possession is retained not only by the body, but also by intention, and indeed by intention alone without the body: which can also be called, in a certain way, Civil possession.
XVIII.
Whence this intricate question arises: Can two persons possess the same thing in its entirety? And although the most learned Cujacius denies this, I will strive to defend that one can possess the same thing Civilly, and the other Naturally.
XIX.
And let these things proposed concerning possession suffice. Now we must proceed to Possessory Interdicts.
XX.
According to the Emperor Justinian, we posit three types of these: for they are either for the Acquiring of possession, or for Retaining it, or for Recovering it.
XXI.
An interdict for the Acquiring of possession is so called because it applies only to those who for the first time strive to acquire possession of a thing which they did not have before.
XXII.
Of this type, there are three interdicts: for there is the interdict