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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.2.59.pr

Conditions for a Legatee to Give Notice of Eviction

Passage 3140 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius discusses the conditions under which a legatee, when sued by the owner of a bequeathed object, can give notice of eviction to the testator's seller, requiring the assignment of actions or the possession of mortgages.

[POMPONIUS libro secundo ex Plautio. ] §21.2.59.prSi res quam a Titio emi legata sit a me, non potest legatarius conuentus a domino rei uenditori meo denuntiare, nisi cessae ei fuerint actiones. uel quodam casu hypothecas habet.
[POMPONIUS libro secundo ex Plautio.] If a thing which I bought from Titius has been bequeathed by me, the legatee, when sued by the owner of the thing, cannot give notice to my seller, unless the actions have been assigned to him, or in some case he holds mortgages.

Notes

  1. §21.2.59.prconuentus — The perfect passive participle (nominative masculine singular) of the verb conuenio (to sue, bring an action against), modifying the main subject legatarius. It functions circumstantially as 'when sued' or 'having been summoned'.
  2. §21.2.59.prdenuntiare — Here it refers to the legal notice of eviction (litis denuntiatio) in Roman law, by which a person sued by a third party regarding a property informs the seller of the lawsuit to invoke the seller's liability for eviction.
  3. §21.2.59.prcessae ei fuerint actiones — In the clause introduced by nisi (unless), the verb cessae fuerint is the perfect passive (here functioning as future perfect) of cedo (to assign, cede), agreeing with the plural subject actiones. The dative pronoun ei refers to the legatee (legatarius), meaning 'unless actions have been assigned to him'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.2.59.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.2.59.pr

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