Neratius
historical figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
in the texts
Institutes of Roman Law
Classical Roman jurist quoted from the Digest on the elements of possession.
‘Intention alone does not suffice for acquiring juristic possession unless preceded by natural possession or detention.
From Sempronius Proculus, a disciple of Labeo, and of whom 37 fragments are preserved in the Digest, the school derived its name of Proculiani.
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
Roman jurist cited for the view that naturally common things have not fallen under private dominion.
Dicit haec non esse natura propria, sicut Vlpianus natura omnibus patere, tum quia primum a natura prodita sunt, et in nullius adhuc dominium pervenerunt (ut loquitur Neratius );
He says that these things are not by nature private possession, but that, as Ulpian claims, they are by nature things open to the use of all, both because in the first place they were produced by nature, and have never yet come under the sovereignty of any one, as Neratius says;
The Rights of War and Peace
Jurist whose legal opinion is cited on promises lapsing when the intended recipient has died.
This is understood in the answer made by Neratius, who said, that he did not believe the prince would have granted to one who was dead, what he granted, supposing him still alive.