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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.66.pr

Scope of a Legacy of Birds and Exclusion of Keepers

Passage 4890 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Clarifies that a legacy of birds includes geese, pheasants, hens, and aviaries, but does not include their keepers unless explicitly stated by the testator.

[PAULUS libro tertio sententiarum. ] §32.0.66.prAuibus legatis anseres phasiani et gallinae et auiaria debebuntur: phasianarii autem et pastores anserum non continentur, nisi id testator expressit.
[PAULUS, from his third book of Opinions.] When birds are bequeathed, geese, pheasants, hens, and aviaries will be due; but pheasant-keepers and keepers of geese are not included, unless the testator has expressed this.

Notes

  1. §32.0.66.prAuibus legatis — Ablative absolute construction, expressing the condition 'when birds are bequeathed'.
  2. §32.0.66.prauiaria — Nominative neuter plural of *aviarium* (aviary, bird-house). In the legacy of 'birds' (*aves*), the facilities or enclosures for keeping them are deemed to be due as well.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §32.0.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:32.0.66.pr

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