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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.9.2.pr

Consumption of Provisions and Legacy of Vessels

Passage 5117 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains, by analogy with a peculium, that when a specific store of provisions bequeathed together with specific vessels is consumed, the vessels themselves are no longer included in the legacy.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio regularum. ] §33.9.2.prPenu certa cum uasis certis legata et consumpta ne uasa quidem cedunt legato exemplo peculii.
[MARCIANUS in the third book of Rules.] When a specific store of provisions, bequeathed together with specific vessels, has been consumed, not even the vessels are included in the legacy, after the example of a peculium.

Notes

  1. §33.9.2.prpenu certa... legata et consumpta — An ablative absolute construction formed by the ablative singular of the feminine noun penus (penu) and the feminine ablative singular forms of the adjective and participles (certa, legata, consumpta). The subject of the main clause is uasa (neuter plural). It explains that when the main object of the legacy (the provisions) is consumed, the accessory objects (the vessels) no longer pass under the legacy.
  2. §33.9.2.prcedunt legato — The verb cedere construed with the dative (legato) means "to accrue to the legacy" or "to be included in the legacy." Here it indicates that the vessels do not pass to the legatee as part of the legacy.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.9.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.9.2.pr

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