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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §31.0.9.pr

Deduction of Dowry and Freed Slaves in Legacy of an Estate Share

Passage 4735 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that when a portion of the property 'as of the testator's death' is bequeathed, the dowry and the value of manumitted slaves must be deducted from the estate beforehand.

[MODESTINUS libro nono regularum. ] §31.0.9.prCum autem pars bonorum ita legatur: 'bonorum meorum, quae sunt cum moriar', dos et manumissorum pretia e medio deducenda sunt.
[MODESTINUS, in the ninth book of Rules.] But when a part of the property is bequeathed thus: 'of my property which exists when I die', the dowry and the value of those manumitted must be deducted from the estate.

Notes

  1. §31.0.9.pre medio — Literally 'from the middle', but in a legal context, it means that the deduction must be made from the whole estate before any distribution is made among the heirs or legatees.
  2. §31.0.9.prdeducenda sunt — An expression of obligation using the gerundive. Since the subjects are a combination of inanimate nouns of different genders—dos (feminine singular) and pretia (neuter plural)—the gerundive adjective agrees in the neuter plural (deducenda) according to classical grammatical rules.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §31.0.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:31.0.9.pr

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