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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.118.pr

Validity of Trusts Created by Informal Expressions

Passage 4716 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Neratius states that informal expressions such as "I demand," "I wish," or "I know you will restore" are legally valid for creating a trust (fideicommissum).

[NERATIUS libro decimo regularum. ] §30.1.118.prEt eo modo relictum: 'exigo' 'desidero, uti des', fideicommissum ualet: sed et ita: 'uolo hereditatem meam Titii esse' 'scio hereditatem meam restituturum te Titio'.
[NERATIUS, Rules, Book X] And a trust left in this manner: "I demand," "I desire that you give," is valid; but also in this way: "I wish my inheritance to belong to Titius," "I know that you will restore my inheritance to Titius."

Notes

  1. §30.1.118.prrelictum — A perfect passive participle in the nominative neuter singular, modifying the subject 'fideicommissum'. Alternatively, it can be understood substantively ('what is left'), with 'fideicommissum' acting as a predicate nominative.
  2. §30.1.118.prTitii — Genitive of the proper name Titius, used as a possessive genitive functioning as the predicate of 'esse', meaning 'to belong to Titius' (literally, 'to be of Titius').
  3. §30.1.118.prrestituturum te — An accusative with infinitive construction (accusativus cum infinitivo) introduced by 'scio' ('I know'). 'restituturum' stands for the future active infinitive 'restituturum esse' with 'esse' omitted, and 'te' is its subject accusative.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.118.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.118.pr

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