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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.2.38.pr

Legacy of Land Income and Distinction from Usufruct

Passage 4990 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Regarding the bequest of the income of an estate, questions are raised about the heir's ability to sell the property, the legatee's right of habitation, and the duty to repair, illustrating how this bequest differs from a usufruct based on the responses.

[IDEM libro tertio responsorum. ] §33.2.38.pr'Fundi Aebutiani reditus uxori meae quoad uiuat dari uolo': quaero, an possit tutor heredis fundum uendere et legatario offerre quantitatem annuam, quam uiuo patre familias ex locatione fundi redigere consueuerat.
[THE SAME, From the Third Book of his Opinions.] 'I wish the income of the Aebutian estate to be given to my wife as long as she lives': I ask whether the tutor of the heir can sell the estate and offer to the legatee the annual amount which, during the lifetime of the paterfamilias, he was accustomed to collect from the leasing of the estate.
respondit posse.
He answered that he can.
item quaero, an habitare impune prohiberi possit.
Likewise I ask whether she can be prohibited from living there with impunity.
respondit non esse obstrictum heredem ad habitationem praestandam.
He answered that the heir is not bound to provide habitation.
item quaero, an compellendus sit heres reficere praedium.
Likewise I ask whether the heir should be compelled to repair the property.
respondit, si heredis facto minores reditus facti essent, legatarium recte desiderare, quod ob eam rem deminutum sit.
He answered that, if by the act of the heir the income had become less, the legatee could rightly claim what had been diminished on that account.
item quaero, quo distat hoc legatum ab usu fructu.
Likewise I ask in what respect this bequest differs from a usufruct.
respondit ex his, quae supra responsa essent, intellegi differentiam.
He answered that the difference is understood from what had been answered above.

Notes

  1. §33.2.38.pruiuo patre familias — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun pater familias and the adjective uiuus in the ablative case, meaning 'while the paterfamilias was still alive'.
  2. §33.2.38.prheredis facto — facto is the ablative singular of the neuter noun factum (act or deed, including omission), expressing cause or instrument. heredis is a genitive modifying facto, meaning 'by the act of the heir'.
  3. §33.2.38.prrecte desiderare — Part of an accusative-with-infinitive construction with legatarium as its subject. The direct object of desiderare (to claim or demand) is the clause introduced by the relative pronoun quod acting as a substantival clause ('that which has been diminished').
  4. §33.2.38.prquo distat — quo is the neuter ablative singular of the interrogative pronoun (ablative of respect or degree), meaning 'in what respect' or 'by how much'. Combined with distat (differs), it asks 'in what respect does this bequest differ'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.2.38.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.2.38.pr

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