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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.76.pr

Separate Legacies of Objects from an Alternative Obligation

Passage 4672 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if two alternative objects of a stipulation are bequeathed to different legatees, the heir is burdened with ceding the action to one and paying the valuation of the other object to the second legatee.

[IULIANUS libro trigesimo quarto digestorum. ] §30.1.76.prQuod si quis Stichum aut Pamphilum stipulatus Sempronio Stichum legasset, Maeuio Pamphilum, oneratus heres intellegitur, ut necesse habeat alteri actionem suam, alteri aestimationem Stichi aut Pamphili dare.
[JULIAN, Book 34 of the Digests.] But if anyone, having stipulated for Stichus or Pamphilus, had bequeathed Stichus to Sempronius and Pamphilus to Maevius, the heir is understood to be burdened, so that he is obliged to give to one his action, and to the other the valuation of Stichus or Pamphilus.

Notes

  1. 30.1.76.prstipulatus — Perfect participle of the deponent verb stipulor, used with an active meaning ("having stipulated"). Here it indicates that the testator had previously contracted for the alternative delivery of either Stichus or Pamphilus.
  2. 30.1.76.prut necesse habeat — An ut clause introducing the consequence or definition of the burden (oneratus). The phrase necesse habere followed by the infinitive (dare) expresses necessity or obligation ("he must", "is obliged to").
  3. 30.1.76.pralteri ... alteri — Dative forms used in contrast, meaning "to the one [legatee]... to the other [legatee]". Since the heir holds only a single contractual action, he can only cede it to one legatee, and must compensate the other with the monetary value of the alternative object.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.76.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.76.pr

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