Deduction of Gathering Expenses from Fruits

Notes

1. §22.1.46.prQuod in fructus redigendos impensum est — A noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun quod (implying its antecedent: 'that which' or 'what'), which functions as the subject of debere in the indirect speech. The phrase 'in fructus redigendos' is a gerundive construction with the preposition in and the ablative, meaning 'in gathering/collecting the fruits'. The verb redigere here refers to harvesting or converting fruits into realized assets.
2. §22.1.46.prnon ambigitur ipsos fructus diminuere debere — This forms an accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction following the impersonal passive 'non ambigitur' (it is not doubted / it is certain). The subject of the active infinitive debere is the preceding quod-clause (the expense), and the accusative 'ipsos fructus' is the direct object of the transitive verb diminuere. Thus, the literal structure is 'that [the expense] must diminish the fruits themselves', which legally means that the expenses must be deducted from the gross value of the fruits.