Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.83.pr

Bequests of Shares in the Same Slave by Two Testators

Passage 4679 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if two different testators each bequeath a part (share) of the same slave to the same legatee, the legatee will acquire both shares under their respective wills.

[MARCELLUS libro tertio decimo digestorum. ] §30.1.83.prTitius Stichi partem tibi legauit: eiusdem Stichi partem Seius tibi legauit: ex utriusque testamento consequeris.

[MARCELLUS, Digest, Book 13.] Titius bequeathed a part of Stichus to you; Seius bequeathed a part of the same Stichus to you: you will obtain under the will of each.

Notes

30.1.83.prex utriusque testamento — utriusque is the genitive singular of the pronominal adjective uterque ('each of the two', 'both'). Here it means 'under the will of each of the two' testators (Titius and Seius) individually, indicating that the legatee can acquire the respective shares from two separate wills.
30.1.83.prconsequeris — The second-person singular present (consequeris) or future (consequēris) of the deponent verb consequor ('to obtain', 'to acquire'). It denotes either a certain future occurrence ('you will obtain') as a legal consequence, or a present right ('you obtain'). While both interpretations are grammatically possible, translating it as a future outcome is more natural in this context.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.83.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.83.pr

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