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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.19.pr

Conditional Legacies and Security for Fulfilling Acts

Passage 4840 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Valens cites Nerva and Atilicinus to show that if a legacy or trust is left for the performance of an act, the beneficiary must guarantee the heir its fulfillment even if the heir has no financial interest in it, or be denied an action.

[UALENS libro quinto fideicommissorum. ] §32.0.19.prSi tibi legatum est uel fideicommissum relictum, uti quid facias, etiamsi non interest heredis id fieri, negandam tibi actionem, si non caueas heredi futurum, quod defunctus uoluit, Nerua et Atilicinus recte putauerunt.
[VALENS from the fifth book on Trusts.] Nerva and Atilicinus rightly held that if a legacy or a trust has been left to you in order that you should do something, even if it is not of interest to the heir for it to be done, an action should be denied to you if you do not give security to the heir that what the deceased wished will come to pass.

Notes

  1. §32.0.19.printerest heredis — The impersonal verb `interest` takes the genitive of the person concerned (here, `heredis`), meaning 'it is of interest to (or to the advantage of) the heir.' The subject is the infinitive phrase `id fieri`.
  2. §32.0.19.prnegandam tibi actionem — An accusative with infinitive clause introduced by the main verb `putauerunt`, with `esse` omitted. The dative `tibi` accompanying the gerundive `negandam` is a dative of agent, meaning 'that an action ought to be denied to you.'

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