- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.9.10.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-13
This section explains that when the usufruct of a co-owned slave is bequeathed to one of the co-owners, the usufruct becomes the sole property of the legatee and falls outside the scope of the action for partition, making it necessary for the testator's heir to secure a guarantee from the legatee.
[PAULUS libro quadragensimo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS in the fortieth book on the Edict.]
Si serui, qui nobis communis erat, usum fructum tibi legauero, necessaria erit haec cautio heredi meo: quamuis enim de proprietate possit communi diuidundo1 experiri, tamen causa usus fructus, qui tuus proprius2 est, ad officium communi diuidundo iudicis non pertinebit.
If I bequeath to you the usufruct of a slave who was common to us, this security will be necessary for my heir: for although it is possible to sue by the action for the division of common property concerning the ownership, nevertheless the case of the usufruct, which is your own property, will not pertain to the office of the judge in the action for the division of common property.
- 7.9.10.prcommuni diuidundo
Abbreviation for 'actio communi dividundo' (action for the division of common property). Here, it functions as an ablative of means modifying the deponent verb 'experiri' (to bring an action, to sue).
- 7.9.10.prtuus proprius
A contrast showing that, although the slave itself was originally common (communis) to 'us' (the testator and you), the bequeathed usufruct became 'your' sole and exclusive (proprius) right.