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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.35.pr

Loss of Heir's Possession by Ordered Delivery of Peculium

Passage 2294 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if an heir is ordered to deliver a peculium after receiving a certain sum, the peculium is no longer considered to be under the heir's possession.

[IAUOLENUS libro duodecimo ex Cassio. ] §15.1.35.prAt cum heres iussus est peculium dare accepta certa summa, non uidetur penes heredem esse peculium.
[IAVOLENUS in the twelfth book of Cassius.] But when an heir has been ordered to give up a peculium on receiving a certain sum, the peculium is not deemed to be in the possession of the heir.

Notes

  1. §15.1.35.praccepta certa summa — Ablative absolute. Meaning 'a certain sum having been received', expressing a temporal or conditional circumstance. It implies that the heir, who is the subject of the main clause, receives the sum.
  2. §15.1.35.prnon uidetur ... peculium — A personal construction with the verb uideor (the passive of uideo, 'to seem, be deemed'). The neuter noun peculium is the nominative subject, and esse penes heredem ('to be in the possession of the heir') serves as the complementary infinitive.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.35.pr

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