De acquirenda, retinenda, et amittenda possessione enunciationes C

XLI.
The same applies if I place a guard over a thing.

XLII.
Or if I mark some thing.

XLIII.
Or if the keys of some thing are handed over to me.

XLIV.
Or if instruments of authority are handed over.

XLV.
The fourth is called constitutive note: constitutum signifies a change in legal status of possession. For if you arrange for me to possess something in my name, you immediately make me the possessor of it.

XLVI.
Intent, in this place, is taken for the affection of holding, understanding, mind, judgment, and the destination of the mind.

XLVII.
This is considered in two ways: by itself and with respect to another. By itself, that is, that he who wishes to possess be endowed with mind and judgment.

XLVIII.
Whence inanimate things, such as an inheritance lying vacant, cannot acquire possession.

XLIX.
Nor can animate ones, however, that lack intent, such as wild beasts, a madman, or an infant.

L.
Likewise a corporation or college, in strict law, although for the sake of utility it has been accepted otherwise.

LI.
With respect to another, it is twofold: either by reason of the thing possessed, or by reason of the person possessing.

By reason