Senatusconsult on Bequest of Usufruct of Consumables — Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian Book 7 (7.5.1.pr), Latin & English

[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad Sabinum.]

[ULPIAN in the eighteenth book on Sabinus.]

§7.5.1.pr

Senatus censuit, ut omnium rerum, quas in cuiusque patrimonio esse constaret,¹ usus fructus legari possit: quo senatus consulto² inductum uidetur,³ ut earum rerum, quae usu tolluntur uel minuuntur, possit usus fructus legari.

The Senate decreed that the usufruct of all things which are established to be in anyone’s patrimony can be bequeathed; by which senatusconsult it seems to have been introduced that the usufruct of those things which are consumed or diminished by use can be bequeathed.

Syntax notes3 items

7.5.1.prconstaret
Subjunctive imperfect of the impersonal verb constat. The subjunctive is used because it is in a relative clause (quas...) subordinate to an ut-clause expressing the content of the Senate's decree (indirect speech), with tense sequence following the historical main verb censuit.
7.5.1.prquo senatus consulto
The ablative of the connecting relative pronoun qui modifying the noun senatus consulto. It functions like a demonstrative pronoun ("and by this senatusconsult") connecting the new sentence to the preceding one, serving as an ablative of means modifying inductum uidetur.
7.5.1.prinductum uidetur
An impersonal construction of the verb uideor ("it seems"), with the neuter participle inductum (esse). The ut-clause (earum rerum... possit usus fructus legari) serves as the substantive subject, meaning "it seems to have been introduced that...". Inductum is a perfect passive infinitive with esse omitted (inductum esse).

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