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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.46.pr-11.7.46.2

Burial on Usufructuary Land and Funeral Expense Claims

Passage 1850 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provisions the determination of the burial place and compensation for depreciation when usufructs are set on multiple estates, the claim of a wife's heir against her husband when burying her in an inherited estate, and the rights of a legatee whose bequeathed garments are used for the funeral.

[SCAEUOLA libro secundo quaestionum. ] §11.7.46.prSi plura praedia quis habuit et omnium usum fructum separatim legauerit, poterit in unum inferri et electio erit heredis et gratificationi locus: sed fructuario utilem actionem in heredem dandam ad id recipiendum, quod propter eam electionem minutus est usus fructus.
[SCAEVOLA, Questions, book 2] If anyone owned several estates and bequeathed the usufruct of all of them separately, the body can be buried in one of them, and the choice will belong to the heir, and there is room for favor; but an equitable action must be granted to the usufructuary against the heir to recover that by which the usufruct was diminished on account of that choice.
§11.7.46.1Si heres mulieris inferat mortuam in hereditarium fundum, a marito qui debet in funus conferre pro aestimatione loci consequatur.
If the heir of a woman buries the deceased woman in an inherited estate, he shall recover from the husband, who ought to contribute to the funeral, in proportion to the valuation of the burial place.
§11.7.46.2Ei, cui uestimenta legantur, si in funus erogata sint, utilem actionem in heredem dandam placuit et priuilegium funerarium.
It was held that, to the person to whom garments are bequeathed, if they have been spent on the funeral, an equitable action against the heir and the funeral privilege must be granted.

Notes

  1. §11.7.46.prinferri — Passive infinitive. The subject is omitted, but it refers to burying the deceased (mortuus), based on the legal expression 'mortuum inferre'.
  2. §11.7.46.prutilem actionem in heredem dandam — An accusative with infinitive construction with 'esse' omitted after 'dandam', expressing a legal consequence introduced by 'sed' ('that an equitable action ought to be granted').
  3. §11.7.46.1consequatur — Third-person singular present subjunctive. The subject is 'heres' (the heir), and it functions as a jussive subjunctive expressing a legal command or consequence.
  4. §11.7.46.2Ei, cui uestimenta legantur — The dative 'Ei' acts as the recipient of the action in the gerundive construction 'dandam [esse]' (to be granted), indicating the person who benefits under the ruling of 'placuit'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.46.pr-11.7.46.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.46.pr-11.7.46.2

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