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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.54.pr

Repetition of Prior Legacies via Cumulative Clauses

Passage 4878 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius argues that if a conditional legacy is added after an unconditional legacy with the phrase 'in addition to this' (hoc amplius), the prior legacy is repeated under that phrase, illustrating this with everyday examples of giving and receiving.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §32.0.54.prSi pure tibi legauero, deinde postea scripsero ita: 'hoc amplius si nauis ex Asia uenerit, heres meus ei fundum dato', uerius est eo uerbo 'amplius' superiora repeti, sicutis dicimus 'Lucius Titius plebi quina milia dedit, hoc amplius Seius uiscerationem', quina quoque milia Seium dedisse intellegimus et 'Titius accepit quinque, Seius hoc amplius fundum', Seium quinque quoque accepisse intellegimus.
[POMPONIUS libro septimo ad Sabinum.] If I bequeath to you unconditionally, and thereafter write as follows: 'In addition to this, if a ship arrives from Asia, my heir shall give him the land,' it is more correct that by that word 'in addition' (amplius) the prior legacy is repeated, just as when we say: 'Lucius Titius gave five thousand each to the plebeians, and in addition Seius gave a meat-distribution,' we understand that Seius also gave five thousand each; and when we say: 'Titius received five, and Seius in addition a land,' we understand that Seius also received five.

Notes

  1. §32.0.54.prsuperiora repeti — An accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the subject of the impersonal expression uerius est. The neuter plural accusative superiora refers to 'the prior legacy' and serves as the subject of the present passive infinitive repeti (to be repeated or carried over).
  2. §32.0.54.prSeium dedisse — Both are accusative with infinitive clauses functioning as the object of intellegimus (we understand), consisting of the accusative Seium and the infinitives dedisse / accepisse. quina milia (five thousand each) and quinque (five) are the direct objects of the respective infinitives.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §32.0.54.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:32.0.54.pr

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