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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.15.pr

Bequest of Usufruct to an Inherited Slave

Passage 1652 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus adduces the case where a usufruct is bequeathed to an inherited slave, explaining that a usufruct cannot be separated from a person without being extinguished.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §10.2.15.pruel si seruo hereditario usus fructus legatus sit: nec enim a personis discedere sine interitu sui potest.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book 23] or if a usufruct has been bequeathed to a slave of the inheritance; for indeed it cannot depart from persons without its own destruction.

Notes

  1. 10.2.15.pruel si — This is parallel to "ut puta si..." in the preceding section (10.2.14.1), adding another specific case where it is questioned whether a usufruct is brought into the partition trial.
  2. 10.2.15.prsine interitu sui — "sui" refers to "usufructus" (the implied subject of "potest"). This explains the highly personal nature of a usufruct, which cannot exist independently of its holder and is extinguished once separated from the person.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.15.pr

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