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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.45.pr

Deduction of Funeral Expenses and Priority over Debts

Passage 1849 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that funeral expenses are always deducted from the estate and take precedence over all other debts even when the estate is insolvent.

[MAECIANUS libro octauo fideicommissorum. ] §11.7.45.prImpensa funeris semper ex hereditate deducitur, quae etiam omne creditum solet praecedere, cum bona soluendo non sint.
[MAECIANUS, Fideicommissa, book 8] The expense of a funeral is always deducted from the inheritance, and this usually takes precedence even over every debt, when the assets are not sufficient for payment.

Notes

  1. §11.7.45.prsoluendo — Dative of the gerundive, used with the verb `esse` (here `sint`) to form the idiomatic expression `soluendo esse` meaning "to be solvent" or "able to pay." With `bona` as the subject and negated by `non`, it means "when the assets are insolvent."
  2. §11.7.45.prquae — Relative pronoun in the nominative feminine singular, referring back to the main clause's subject `Impensa` (expense) or the whole concept of `Impensa funeris` (funeral expense).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.45.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.45.pr

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