Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §31.0.2.pr

Distinction of Legacies: Specific Things and Collectives

Passage 4728 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the distinction between cases where several things are individually specified in a legacy (resulting in multiple legacies) and cases where items are left as a collective category such as furniture or equipment (resulting in a single legacy).

[PAULUS libro septuagesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §31.0.2.prQuotiens nominatim plures res in legato exprimuntur, plura legata sunt: si autem supellex aut argentum aut peculium aut instrumentum legatum sit, unum legatum est.

[PAULUS, on the Edict, Book 75] Whenever several things are individually expressed in a legacy, there are several legacies; but if household furniture, silver, a peculium, or equipment is left, there is one legacy.

Notes

§31.0.2.prnominatim — An adverb meaning "by name" or "individually." It refers to the specific listing of individual items in a will, contrasted with the collective designation by aggregate terms such as supellex.

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