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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.1.6.pr

Scope of Maintenance Bequests and Exclusion of Education

Passage 5142 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It defines the specific items included in a bequest of maintenance (food, clothing, and shelter) and clarifies that other matters such as education are excluded.

[IAUOLENUS libro secundo ex Cassio. ] §34.1.6.prLegatis alimentis cibaria et uestitus et habitatio debebitur, quia sine his ali corpus non potest: cetera quae ad disciplinam pertinent legato non continentur,
[JAVOLENUS, in his second book on Cassius.]  When maintenance is bequeathed, food, clothing, and shelter will be due, because without these the body cannot be sustained; other things that pertain to education are not contained in the bequest.

Notes

  1. §34.1.6.prLegatis alimentis — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect passive participle legatis (from legare, to bequeath) and the noun alimentis. It is naturally interpreted conditionally as 'when maintenance is bequeathed'.
  2. §34.1.6.prdebebitur — Third-person singular future passive. Although there are multiple subjects (cibaria [neuter plural], uestitus [masculine singular], and habitatio [feminine singular]), the verb is attracted to the singular form of the nearest subject (habitatio).
  3. §34.1.6.prali — Present passive infinitive of the verb alo (to nourish, support). It functions as the complement of the verb potest (can), meaning 'to be sustained'. Its subject is corpus.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.1.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.1.6.pr

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