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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.33.pr

Partition by Legacy and Delivery of Unpledged Shares

Passage 1671 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

If a father of a family attempts to effect a partition of the estate by means of legacy, a coheir is not obliged to deliver his assigned share unless he in turn receives a share that is free from any pledge.

[IDEM libro septimo responsorum. ] §10.2.33.prSi pater familias singulis heredibus fundos legando diuisionis arbitrio fungi uoluit, non aliter partem suam coheres praestare cogetur, quam si uice mutua partem nexu pignoris liberam consequatur.
[THE SAME, from the seventh book of Responses.] If a father of a family wished to discharge the office of an arbiter of division by bequeathing estates to individual heirs, a coheir shall not be compelled to furnish his own share, unless in return he obtains a share free from the bond of a pledge.

Notes

  1. §10.2.33.prdiuisionis arbitrio fungi — The verb fungi (to perform, discharge) governs the ablative case, hence 'diuisionis arbitrio' is in the ablative. 'diuisionis' is a limiting genitive modifying 'arbitrio'.
  2. §10.2.33.prnon aliter ... quam si — A correlative construction expressing a strict conditional limitation: 'not otherwise ... than if' (i.e., 'only if' or 'unless'). It leads to the subjunctive present 'consequatur'.
  3. §10.2.33.prnexu pignoris liberam — The adjective 'liberam' (free) modifies 'partem' (share) and takes the ablative of separation 'nexu' (from the bond). 'pignoris' (of a pledge) is a genitive dependent on 'nexu'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.33.pr

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