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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.9.pr

Exclusion of Inheritance, Legacies, and Gifts from Gain

Passage 2511 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that Sabinus did not include inheritance, legacies, or gifts in the category of 'gain' because they are not obtained without a cause but are acquired on account of some merit.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo ad Sabinum. ] §17.2.9.prNec adiecit Sabinus hereditatem uel legatum uel donationes mortis causa siue non mortis causa, fortassis haec ideo, quia non sine causa obueniunt, sed ob meritum aliquod accedunt
[ULPIAN in his thirtieth book on Sabinus] Nor did Sabinus add inheritance, legacy, or gifts made in contemplation of death or otherwise, perhaps because these do not accrue without a cause, but are acquired on account of some merit.

Notes

  1. 17.2.9.prhaec ideo — A verb phrase such as non adiecta sunt is omitted after fortassis haec ideo. The pronoun haec is neuter plural, summarizing the preceding nouns of different genders (hereditatem, legatum, donationes), and functions as the subject of obueniunt and accedunt in the following quia-clause.
  2. 17.2.9.prdonationes mortis causa siue non mortis causa — The phrase mortis causa is an ablative phrase meaning 'by reason of death' modifying donationes, contrasted with siue non mortis causa ('or not by reason of death', i.e., inter vivos).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.9.pr

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