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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.100.pr

Acquisition in Duplicated Legacies under the Same Condition

Passage 4696 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author discusses a case where both Sempronius and Titius bequeath the same thing under the same condition, stating that upon fulfillment of the condition, the legatee takes the legacy under Sempronius's will.

[IDEM libro septuagesimo septimo digestorum. ] §30.1.100.prSi mihi Sempronius a Titio herede legauerit Titiusque mihi sub eadem condicione eandem rem legauerit, exsistente condicione capiam legatum ex testamento Sempronii.
[THE SAME, from the seventy-seventh book of the Digests.] If Sempronius bequeathed [something] to me [to be paid] by his heir Titius, and Titius bequeathed the same thing to me under the same condition, when the condition is fulfilled, I shall take the legacy under the will of Sempronius.

Notes

  1. §30.1.100.pra Titio herede — The preposition `a` (`ab`) is used with `legare` to designate the person (typically the heir) who is charged with the obligation of delivering the legacy. Here, it means "to be paid by Titius as heir."
  2. §30.1.100.prexsistente condicione — An ablative absolute constructed with the present participle of `exsisto` (to arise, manifest, or be fulfilled), meaning "when the condition is fulfilled" or "upon the fulfillment of the condition."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.100.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.100.pr

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