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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.80.pr

Proportional Abatement of Legacies and the Lex Falcidia

Passage 4676 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

When bequests exceed the total estate, Masurius Sabinus approves that the legacies are reduced proportionally to fit the estate, subject further to the application of the Lex Falcidia.

[Apud IULIANUM libro trigesimo secundo digestorum MARCELLUS notat. ] §30.1.80.prIs, qui sola triginta reliquerat, Titio triginta legauit, Seio uiginti, Maeuio decem.
[Marcellus notes on Julian, Digest, Book 32.] A man who had left only thirty bequeathed thirty to Titius, twenty to Seius, and ten to Maevius.
Massurius Sabinus probat Titium quindecim, Seium decem, Maeuium quinque consecuturos, ita tamen, ut ex his pro rata portionis Falcidiae satisfiat.
Masurius Sabinus approves that Titius will obtain fifteen, Seius ten, and Maevius five, provided, however, that from these shares the requirement of the Falcidian portion is satisfied pro rata.

Notes

  1. 30.1.80.prsola triginta — The numeral 'triginta' is used substantively, with the adjective 'sola' (only) agreeing with it in the accusative neuter plural, serving as the direct object of the verb 'reliquerat'. A noun signifying a monetary unit is implied.
  2. 30.1.80.prconsecuturos — This is a future active infinitive with 'esse' omitted ('consecuturos [esse]'), forming an accusative and infinitive construction dependent on 'probat'. Its subject accusatives are 'Titium', 'Seium', and 'Maeuium'.
  3. 30.1.80.prita tamen, ut ex his pro rata portionis Falcidiae satisfiat — The 'ita... ut' clause introduces a restrictive or conditional clause with the subjunctive ('satisfiat'). 'Satisfiat' is used impersonally in the passive. This indicates that from the proportionally reduced shares ('ex his'), the statutory deduction required by the Lex Falcidia (which secures at least one-quarter of the estate for the heir) must still be applied.

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