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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.57.pr

Exclusion of Finished Furniture from Legacies of Timber

Passage 4881 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Servius's legal opinion is cited, stating that a legacy of all "timber" (raw material) does not include finished furniture such as a chest or a cupboard.

[POMPONIUS libro trigesimo ad Sabinum. ] §32.0.57.prSeruius respondit, cui omnis materia legata sit, ei nec arcam nec armarium legatum esse.
[POMPONIUS book thirty on Sabinus.] Servius replied that to whomsoever all timber has been bequeathed, neither a chest nor a cupboard has been bequeathed to him.

Notes

  1. §32.0.57.prcui... ei — The relative clause introduced by the relative pronoun `cui` (dative) precedes its antecedent `ei` (dative). The entire sentence is in indirect discourse depending on `respondit`, which requires the subjunctive `legata sit` in the relative clause and the accusative with infinitive `legatum esse` in the main clause.
  2. §32.0.57.prlegatum esse — Although the subjects consist of the feminine noun `arcam` and the neuter noun `armarium` connected by `nec ... nec`, the participle `legatum` in the infinitive predicate is in the neuter accusative singular, agreeing by attraction with the nearer noun `armarium`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §32.0.57.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:32.0.57.pr

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