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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.93.pr

Extinction of a Trust on an Impubes Upon Puberty

Passage 4689 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that the validity of a trust imposed on an impuberal person is limited to the case where he dies before puberty, and the trust vanishes if he reaches puberty.

[ULPIANUS libro primo fideicommissorum. ] §30.1.93.prQuod fideicommissum hactenus, quatenus impubes decedat, ualebit: ceterum si pubes factus decesserit, euanescit fideicommissum.
[ULPIANUS, On Trusts, book 1.] This trust will be valid only so far as he dies before puberty; but if he dies after reaching puberty, the trust vanishes.

Notes

  1. §30.1.93.prhactenus, quatenus — The adverbs 'hactenus' (only to this extent) and 'quatenus' (insofar as) are used correlatively to limit the scope of the trust's validity.
  2. §30.1.93.prdecedat — Present subjunctive of 'decedo' (to die, depart). It expresses a hypothetical future event within the 'quatenus' clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.93.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.93.pr

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