Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.2.28.pr

Burden of Extraordinary Levies on Land Subject to Usufruct

Passage 4980 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Regarding the burden of temporary levies imposed after the usufruct of land has been bequeathed, it is answered that, just as with regular taxes, this burden falls upon the usufructuary.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo responsorum. ] §33.2.28.prQuaero, si usus fructus fundi legatus est et eidem fundo indictiones temporariae indictae sint, quid iuris sit.

[PAULUS, Opinions, Book XIII.] I ask: if the usufruct of a land has been bequeathed, and temporary levies have been imposed on the same land, what the law is.

et in his speciebus quae postea indicuntur, quod in uectigalibus dependendis responsum est: ideoque hoc onus ad fructuarium pertinet.

And in these cases which are imposed afterwards, that which was answered in respect to paying taxes [applies]; and therefore this burden belongs to the usufructuary.

Notes

§33.2.28.prquod in uectigalibus dependendis responsum est — The demonstrative pronoun (`id`) acting as the antecedent of the relative pronoun `quod`, as well as the main verb of the clause (such as `observandum est` or `valet`, meaning 'applies' or 'should be observed'), are omitted. Additionally, `uectigalibus dependendis` is a gerundive construction governed by the preposition `in`, meaning 'in respect to paying taxes'.

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