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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.2.22.pr

Bequest of Annual Income and Non-Transmission to Heirs

Passage 4974 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Aristo responds to a case concerning a bequest of the annual income of an estate to a wife, stating that it does not pass to her heirs.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §33.2.22.pr'Patrimonii mei reditum omnibus annis uxori meae dari uolo'. Aristo respondit ad heredem uxoris non transire, quia aut usui fructui simile esset aut huic legato 'in annos singulos'.
[ULPIANUS, Commentary on the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XV.] 'I wish the income of my property to be given to my wife every year.' Aristo answered that it does not pass to the heir of the wife, because it was similar either to a usufruct or to this bequest 'for each individual year'.

Notes

  1. §33.2.22.prusui fructui — The dative singular of the fourth-declension noun usus fructus ('usufruct'), serving as the complement of the following adjective simile ('similar to').
  2. §33.2.22.presset — Imperfect subjunctive. Because it is in the causal clause (introduced by quia) within the indirect discourse governed by Aristo respondit, the subjunctive (oblique subjunctive) is used to represent Aristo's own subjective reason.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.2.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.2.22.pr

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