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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.7.22.pr-33.7.22.1

Land in Best Condition: Hunting Gear and Manager Peculium

Passage 5082 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the criteria for whether hunting equipment or the peculium of a deceased manager is included in the legacy when an estate is bequeathed in its best condition or with its equipment.

[PAULUS libro tertio sententiarum. ] §33.7.22.prFundo legato 'ut optimus maximusque est retia apraria et cetera uenationis instrumenta continebuntur: quod etiam ad instrumenta pertinet, si quaestus fundi ex maxima parte in uenationibus consistat.
When an estate is bequeathed "in its best and greatest condition", wild-boar nets and other hunting equipment will be included; this also applies to the equipment if the income of the estate consists for the most part in hunting.
§33.7.22.1Fundo legato cum mancipiis et pecoribus et omni instrumento rustico et urbano peculium actoris ante testatorem defuncti, si ex eodem fundo fuerit, magis placet ad legatarium pertinere.
When an estate is bequeathed with slaves, cattle, and all rustic and urban equipment, the peculium of a manager who died before the testator, if he belonged to the same estate, is more generally held to belong to the legatee.

Notes

  1. §33.7.22.prut optimus maximusque est — This is a traditional formula indicating that the title to real property is free from encumbrances and in its best possible condition, here conditioning the legacy of the estate in its best state.
  2. §33.7.22.prquod etiam ad instrumenta pertinet — The neuter singular relative pronoun quod refers back to the preceding clause regarding the inclusion of hunting equipment, indicating that this rule also applies to the interpretation of "equipment" (instrumentum) under the specified condition.
  3. §33.7.22.1actoris ante testatorem defuncti — defuncti is a genitive participle modifying actoris (manager), who died before (ante) the testator, and agrees in gender, number, and case with actoris, which is a possessive genitive qualifying peculium.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.7.22.pr-33.7.22.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.7.22.pr-33.7.22.1

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