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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.115.pr

Establishment of Fideicommissa by Words of Request

Passage 4713 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Shows that a fideicommissum is validly established even through informal expressions of desire or trust, such as 'I desire' or 'I believe'.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo institutionum. ] §30.1.115.prEtiam hoc modo: 'cupio des' 'opto des' 'credo te daturum' fideicommissum est.
[ULPIANUS, Institutes, Book II] Even in this manner: 'I desire you to give', 'I wish you to give', 'I believe you will give', there is a fideicommissum.

Notes

  1. §30.1.115.prcupio des — A construction where the conjunction ut is omitted from cupio ut des. Unlike formal legacies (legata) which required strict, imperative formulas, informal expressions of request or desire using the subjunctive were legally valid for creating a fideicommissum.
  2. §30.1.115.prcredo te daturum — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction where the auxiliary verb esse from the future active infinitive daturum esse is omitted. It shows that words expressing the testator's subjective trust could also create a fideicommissum.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.115.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.115.pr

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