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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.1.22.pr

Yearly Legacy to a Daughter Widowed for Less than a Year

Passage 4949 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A question on whether a yearly legacy left to a daughter for as long as she remains a widow is due in full even if she has been a widow for less than a whole year, and the affirmative answer to it.

[ALFENUS UARUS libro secundo digestorum a Paulo epitomatorum. ] §33.1.22.prFiliae meae, quotienscumque uidua erit, in annos singulos centum heres meus dato': quaeritur, si filia minus annui temporis uidua fuisset, numquid minus ei centum deberentur.
[Alfenus Varus, in the second book of his Digests as epitomized by Paulus.] "My heir shall give one hundred every year to my daughter, whenever she is a widow." It was asked whether, if the daughter had been a widow for less than a year's time, any less than one hundred would be due to her.
responditbsibi uideri, tametsi totus annus nondum fuisset, tamen deberi.
He answered that it seemed to him that even if a whole year had not yet passed, it was nevertheless due.

Notes

  1. §33.1.22.prminus annui temporis — Meaning "less than a year's time". The comparative neuter minus is followed by the genitive of measure or comparison annui temporis.
  2. §33.1.22.prsibi uideri — An accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) construction dependent on the main verb respondit (he answered), where the reflexive pronoun sibi refers to the speaker himself (Alfenus).
  3. §33.1.22.prdeberi — A present passive infinitive serving as the complement of uideri (it seems). Its subject accusative, centum (one hundred) from the preceding sentence, is understood.

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