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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.31.pr

Application of the Installment Clause to Codicillary Legacies

Passage 4627 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Points out that the general clause for installment payments also applies to legacies left subsequently by means of a confirmed codicil.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §30.1.31.prSed etiam ad ea, quae codicillis confirmatis postea legata fuerint, haec clausula pertinet.
[PAULUS, Book 3 of Commentary on Sabinus.] But also, this clause applies to those things which are subsequently bequeathed by a confirmed codicil.

Notes

  1. 30.1.31.prcodicillis confirmatis — An ablative absolute phrase (noun and perfect passive participle in the ablative) expressing means or attendant circumstance ("by confirmed codicils"). It indicates that bequests made via codicils already confirmed in the main testament are also subject to the general clause of the testament.
  2. 30.1.31.prlegata fuerint — The verb in the relative clause, in the perfect subjunctive (or future perfect indicative) passive, indicating that the action of being bequeathed is temporally prior to the main verb `pertinet`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.31.pr

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