- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-13
Discusses why, when land is bequeathed to Titius with the usufruct deducted, and the usufruct of the same land is bequeathed conditionally to Sempronius, the usufruct is held to be merged with the ownership pending the outcome of the condition.
[IDEM libro trigesimo quinto digestorum.]
[THE SAME in the thirty-fifth book of the Digests.]
Fundus detracto usu fructu legatus est Titio et eiusdem fundi usus fructus Sempronio sub condicione: dixi interim1 cum proprietate usum fructum esse, licet placeat,2 cum detracto usu fructu fundus legatur, apud heredem usum fructum esse: quia pater familias cum detracto usu fructu fundum legat et alii usum fructum sub condicione, non hoc agit, ut3 apud heredem usus fructus remaneat.
A tract of land was bequeathed to Titius, with the usufruct deducted, and the usufruct of the same land was bequeathed to Sempronius under a condition. I said that in the meantime the usufruct is with the ownership, although it is accepted that when land is bequeathed with the usufruct deducted, the usufruct is with the heir; because when a paterfamilias bequeaths land with the usufruct deducted, and the usufruct to another under a condition, he does not act to the end that the usufruct should remain with the heir.
- 7.6.4.printerim
Refers to the interim period in a conditional bequest, before the fulfillment or failure of the condition is determined.
- 7.6.4.prlicet placeat
The concessive conjunction licet governs the subjunctive placeat. It means "although it is accepted/approved." The subject of placeat is the accusative and infinitive clause apud heredem usum fructum esse.
- 7.6.4.prnon hoc agit, ut
The idiomatic expression hoc agere ut... means "to act to the end that..." or "to intend to." Here, combined with the negative, it indicates that the testator (pater familias) did not intend to bring about the result of leaving the usufruct with the heir.