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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.23.pr

Specific Calculation of Funeral Costs Shared by Dowry and Estate

Passage 1827 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus illustrates how the heir and the husband share the funeral expenses proportionally, using a specific numerical example of dowry and inheritance.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §11.7.23.prUeluti si in dotem centum sint, in hereditate ducenta, duas partes heres, unam uir conferet.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book 27] For example, if there are one hundred in the dowry and two hundred in the inheritance, the heir shall contribute two parts and the husband one part.

Notes

  1. §11.7.23.prduas partes ... unam — Assuming the total is divided into three parts (dowry 100 + inheritance 200 = 300), `duas partes` means "two parts" (two-thirds), and `unam` (with `partem` understood) means "one part" (one-third). This indicates that the heir and the husband contribute to the funeral expenses in proportion to their respective shares (2:1).
  2. §11.7.23.prconferet — The third-person singular future active indicative of the verb `confero` (to contribute, bring together). It agrees with both `heres` and `uir` as subjects. The future tense is used here to express a legal obligation or a necessary legal consequence.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.23.pr

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