- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
Gaius explains that an action for fraud (actio de dolo) is granted if a legatee deceives an heir who is ignorant of the estate's value into paying the legacy in full, exceeding the limit of the Lex Falcidia.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
Si legatarius, cui supra modum legis Falcidiae legatum est, heredi adhuc ignoranti substantiam hereditatis ultro iurando uel quadam alia fallacia persuaserit, tamquam satis abundeque ad solida legata1 soluenda sufficiat2 hereditas, atque eo modo solida legata fuerit consecutus: datur de dolo actio.
If a legatee, to whom a legacy exceeding the limit of the Lex Falcidia has been left, persuades an heir who is still ignorant of the actual value of the inheritance, either by taking an oath on his own initiative or by some other deception, that the inheritance is fully and more than sufficient for the payment of the legacies in full, and in this manner obtains the legacies in full: an action for fraud is granted.
- 4.3.23.prsolida legata
This refers to "undiminished legacies" or "legacies paid in full". Under the Lex Falcidia, the heir was entitled to retain at least one-fourth of the estate, requiring a proportional reduction of legacies if this quota was threatened; here it refers to obtaining the full amount without such reduction.
- 4.3.23.prtamquam ... sufficiat
The conjunction tamquam followed by the present subjunctive sufficiat introduces the subjective belief or pretext with which the legatee persuaded the heir ("as if ... were sufficient").