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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.1.39.pr

Trust-Bequests of Horses and Delivery of Offspring

Passage 3199 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage contrasts the bequest of individual horses with that of a stud of horses by trust, explaining how the heir's default affects the entitlement to their offspring.

[MODESTINUS libro nono differentiarum. ] §22.1.39.prEquis per fideicommissum legatis post moram heredis fetus quoque debentur.
[MODESTINUS, in his ninth book of Differences.] When horses have been bequeathed by trust, their offspring also are owed after the default of the heir.
equitio autem legato etiamsi mora non intercedat, incremento gregis fetus accedunt.
But when a stud of horses is bequeathed, even if there is no default, the offspring accrue as an increase of the herd.

Notes

  1. §22.1.39.prequis... legatis — Ablative absolute, functioning as a conditional clause ("if horses have been bequeathed by trust"). The subsequent phrase equitio... legato shares the same structure.
  2. §22.1.39.princremento gregis — Dative modifying the intransitive verb accedunt, expressing the destination or result ("as an increase of the herd").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.1.39.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.1.39.pr

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