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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.26.pr

Judicial Orders on Estate Sales and Payment to Legatees

Passage 1664 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that it is part of the judge's duty to order the sale of hereditary property and the payment of the proceeds to the legatee.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §10.2.26.prOfficio autem iudicis conuenit iubere rem hereditariam uenire unam pluresue pecuniamque ex pretio redactam ei numerari, cui legata sit.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.] Moreover, it belongs to the office of the judge to order that one or more of the hereditary things be sold, and that the money realized from the price be paid to him to whom it was bequeathed.

Notes

  1. §10.2.26.profficio ... conuenit — The impersonal verb `conuenit` (it is fitting) takes the dative `officio` to mean 'it belongs to the office of' or 'it is within the scope of the duty of'. The subject is the following infinitive clause starting with `iubere`.
  2. §10.2.26.pruenire — This is the present active infinitive of the verb `uēneō` (to be sold), which is homographic with the present infinitive of `ueniō` (to come, `uenīre`). Here it means that the hereditary property is 'to be sold'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.26.pr

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