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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.8.6.pr

Order of Assets Used for Expenses During Deliberation

Passage 4354 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It regulates the order of sourcing funds for expenses incurred during the deliberation of an inheritance: from physical goods or cash in the estate, collection from debtors, and finally the sale of non-essential items.

[GAIUS libro uicesimo tertio ad edictum prouinciale. ] §28.8.6.prIgitur si quidem in hereditate sit uinum oleum frumentum numerata pecunia, inde fieri debebunt impendia: si minus, a debitoribus hereditariis exigenda pecunia.
[GAIUS, in the twenty-third book on the Provincial Edict.] Therefore, if indeed there is wine, oil, grain, or ready money in the inheritance, the expenses ought to be paid from there; if not, money must be demanded from the debtors of the inheritance.
quod si nulli sunt debitores aut iudicem prouocent, uenire debent res superuacuae.
But if there are no debtors, or if they demand a trial, the superfluous things ought to be sold.

Notes

  1. §28.8.6.prsi minus — An idiomatic expression representing a negative alternative condition to the preceding clause, meaning "if not" (i.e., if there is not enough cash etc.), with a verb like sit or sufficiat understood.
  2. §28.8.6.prexigenda — A gerundive expressing obligation or necessity. The copula est is omitted, forming a passive periphrastic conjugation with pecunia (money must be demanded).
  3. §28.8.6.prprouocent — Third-person plural present subjunctive of prouoco (to demand a trial, to challenge). Under the conditional conjunction quod si (but if), it expresses a hypothetical action where the debtors "demand a trial" (to avoid or delay payment).
  4. §28.8.6.pruenire — The present infinitive of the irregular semi-passive verb vēneo (to be sold), not to be confused with venīre (to come). Combined with debent, it means "ought to be sold."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.8.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.8.6.pr

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