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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.1.9.pr

Claims to Land Pledged for Annual Legacies

Passage 4936 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text states that a tract of land intended by a paterfamilias as a pledge for annual legacies to his freedmen can be rightfully claimed under a fideicommissum to preserve the property, and Paulus adds that the legatee should also be put in possession of other hereditary assets.

[PAPINIANUS libro septimo responsorum. ] §33.1.9.prFundus, quem pater familias libertis legatorum nomine, quae in annos singulos relinquit, pignus esse uoluit, ex causa fideicommissi rei seruandae gratia recte petetur.
[PAPINIANUS, book seven of Opinions.] A tract of land, which the paterfamilias intended to be a pledge for his freedmen under the title of the legacies which he leaves year by year, will be rightfully claimed on the ground of a fideicommissum for the purpose of preserving the property.
PAULUS notat: hoc admittendum est et in aliis rebus hereditariis, ut et in eas legatarius mittatur.
PAULUS notes: This must also be admitted in the case of other hereditary property, so that the legatee may also be put in possession of them.

Notes

  1. §33.1.9.prlegatorum — Genitive plural of the neuter noun legatum (legacy), serving as the antecedent of the following relative pronoun quae (neuter accusative plural). The phrase means "under the title of the legacies which [he leaves year by year]".
  2. §33.1.9.prrei seruandae gratia — A construction expressing purpose, consisting of the noun res (property), the gerundive seruandae, and gratia ("for the sake of"). It refers to the legal purpose of "preserving the property" (e.g., through putting the claimant in possession).
  3. §33.1.9.prin eas ... mittatur — The subject of the subjunctive passive mittatur is legatarius, and in eas refers back to in alias res hereditarias. This is a technical legal expression referring to the procedure of putting someone in possession (missio in possessionem), with in possessionem being ellipted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.1.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.1.9.pr

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