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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.3.8.pr-24.3.8.1

Quarry Revenue from Dotal Land and Deduction of Sowing Costs

Passage 3599 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text rules that the revenue of a quarry on dotal land belongs to the husband, and that sowing expenses, if not recovered by the grain harvest, are to be deducted from the vintage of the same year.

[PAULUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §24.3.8.prSi fundus in dotem datus sit, in quo lapis caeditur, lapidicinarum commodum ad maritum pertinere constat, quia palam sit eo animo dedisse mulierem fundum, ut iste fructus ad maritum pertineat, nisi si contrariam uoluntatem in dote danda declarauerit mulier.
[PAULUS, Book 7 on Sabinus] If a land is given as dowry in which stone is quarried, it is established that the benefit of the quarries belongs to the husband, because it is obvious that the woman gave the land with that intention, namely, that this fruit should belong to the husband, unless the woman declared a contrary intention when giving the dowry.
§24.3.8.1Quod in sementem erogatur, si non responderint messes, ex uindemia deducetur, quia totius anni unus fructus est.
What is spent on sowing, if the harvests do not make a return, will be deducted from the vintage, because the fruit of the whole year is one.

Notes

  1. §24.3.8.preo animo ... ut — The ut clause stands in apposition to the ablative phrase eo animo ('with that intention'), explaining the specific intention of the wife when giving the land ('that this fruit should belong to the husband').
  2. §24.3.8.1responderint — The future perfect indicative of the intransitive verb respondere, used here in an agricultural context meaning 'to yield a return matching the expense/effort' or 'to answer expectations.'
  3. §24.3.8.1Quod in sementem erogatur — The relative pronoun quod implies its antecedent id, making this entire noun clause the subject of the passive verb deducetur ('will be deducted') in the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.3.8.pr-24.3.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.3.8.pr-24.3.8.1

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