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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.18.pr

Validity of Gifts of Use and Rent-Free Habitation

Passage 3528 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius determines that a donation in the form of using the spouse's slaves or clothing, or living in the spouse's house rent-free, is valid.

[POMPONIUS libro quarto ex uariis lectionibus. ] §24.1.18.prSi uir uxoris aut uxor uiri seruis aut uestimentis usus uel usa fuerit uel in aedibus eius gratis habitauerit, ualet donatio.
[POMPONIUS libro quarto ex uariis lectionibus.] If a husband has used the slaves or clothing of his wife, or a wife those of her husband, or has lived in his or her house rent-free, the donation is valid.

Notes

  1. §24.1.18.prusus uel usa fuerit — The perfect (or future perfect) form of the deponent verb utor, where the masculine form usus (agreeing with uir) and the feminine form usa (agreeing with uxor) are juxtaposed depending on the gender of the subject. It governs the ablative cases seruis aut uestimentis.
  2. §24.1.18.pruir uxoris aut uxor uiri — The genitive uxoris modifies uir, and the genitive uiri modifies uxor, meaning "the husband of the wife" and "the wife of the husband" respectively. They also semantically modify the following ablative nouns seruis aut uestimentis, indicating "the [slaves or clothing] of the wife" and "the [slaves or clothing] of the husband."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.18.pr

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