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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.78.pr

Fideicommissum on a Legatee Dependent on Receipt of Legacy

Passage 4674 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains that a trust charged upon a legatee is only due if the legacy itself actually reaches that legatee.

[IDEM libro octauo disputationum. ] §30.1.78.prFideicommissum, quod a legatario relinquitur, ita demum ab eo debetur, si ad legatarium legatum peruenerit.
[THE SAME, Book 8 of the Disputations.] A trust which is left by a legatee is only due from him if the legacy has come to the legatee.

Notes

  1. 30.1.78.prita demum ... si — A restrictive conditional construction meaning "only then ... if ...". The adverbial phrase "ita demum" (only then, only under that condition) in the main clause correlates with the conditional clause introduced by "si".
  2. 30.1.78.prdebetur — The third-person singular passive of the verb debeo (to owe, to be bound), with fideicommissum as its subject, legally expressing that the obligation to perform the trust arises for the legatee.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.78.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.78.pr

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