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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.4.pr

Increase of Dowry Through Usufruct and Alluvion

Passage 3378 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text explains the legal nature of a usufruct added to bare property given as a dowry, comparing it to an addition by alluvion, and concluding that it is deemed an increase of the existing dowry rather than a new one.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.4.prSi proprietati nudae in dotem datae usus fructus accesserit, incrementum uidetur dotis, non alia dos, quemadmodum si quid alluuione accessisset.
[PAULUS in the sixth book on Sabinus.] If a usufruct is added to bare property given as a dowry, it is deemed to be an increase of the dowry, and not another dowry, just as if something had been added by alluvion.

Notes

  1. §23.3.4.prproprietati nudae — Dative meaning "bare property" (ownership stripped of the right of usufruct), functioning as the indirect object or complement of the verb `accesserit`.
  2. §23.3.4.pruidetur — Rather than a mere subjective "seems," it functions in a legal-normative sense meaning "is deemed" or "is held to be."
  3. §23.3.4.prquid — The indefinite pronoun `aliquid` (something) with the prefix `ali-` dropped after `si`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.4.pr

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