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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.87.pr

Inclusion of Trusts and Gifts Mortis Causa under Legacies

Passage 4911 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that both trust-bequests (fideicommissa) and donations in contemplation of death (mortis causa donationes) are included under the legal term "legacy" (legatum).

[PAULUS libro quarto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §32.0.87.prEt fideicommissum et mortis causa donatio appellatione legati continetur.
[PAULUS, from his fourth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] Both a fideicommissum and a donation mortis causa are contained under the appellation of a legacy.

Notes

  1. 32.0.87.prcontinetur — Although two nouns (fideicommissum and mortis causa donatio) are joined by et...et... as subjects, the verb continetur is in the third-person singular, agreeing with the nearer singular subject.
  2. 32.0.87.prappellatione — An ablative of means or specification, meaning "under the appellation of" or "by the term of."

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