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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.42.pr

Joint Contribution to Monument Costs by Heirs

Passage 4866 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A case where the testator appointed his wife to a one-twelfth share and Maevia to the rest, directing a monument to be built. It is questioned whether the wife alone must pay for it or both heirs should contribute in proportion to their shares, and joint contribution is affirmed.

[IDEM libro trigesimo tertio digestorum. ] §32.0.42.prTitius heredes instituit Seiam uxorem ex parte duodecima, Maeuiam ex reliquis partibus et de monumento quod sibi exstrui uolebat, ita cauit: 'corpus meum uxori meae uolo tradi sepeliendum in fundo illo et monumentum exstrui usque ad quadringentos aureos', quaero, cum in duodecima parte non amplius quam centum quinquaginta aurei ex bonis mariti ad uxorem perueniant, an hac scriptura ab ea sola monumentum sibi testator exstrui uoluerit.
[THE SAME, from the thirty-third book of the Digests.] Titius appointed his wife Seia as heir to a one-twelfth share, and Maevia to the remaining shares, and concerning the monument which he wished to be built for himself, he provided as follows: 'I wish my body to be delivered to my wife to be buried in that land, and a monument to be built up to four hundred aurei.' I ask, since no more than one hundred and fifty aurei come to the wife from her husband's estate in her one-twelfth share, whether by this writing the testator wished the monument to be built for him by her alone.
respondi ab utraque herede monumentum pro hereditariis portionibus instruendum.
He answered that the monument should be built by both heirs in proportion to their inheritance shares.

Notes

  1. 32.0.42.prex parte duodecima — Refers to a one-twelfth share, based on the Roman custom of dividing the entire estate into twelve units (uncia) called an "as".
  2. 32.0.42.prab utraque herede — Although "herede" is a singular noun, when combined with the pronominal adjective "utraque" (each of the two), it means "by both heirs", indicating their joint obligation.
  3. 32.0.42.prrespondi — The main verb of the response, meaning "I answered". This is a typical first-person perfect form representing the authoritative legal response (responsum) of a jurist.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §32.0.42.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:32.0.42.pr

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