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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.3.18.pr

Bequest of Habitation and Release from Lease

Passage 5218 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Cassius discusses the heir's obligation to provide free habitation in a specific bequest of habitation, and the tenant's right to bring an action to be released from the lease, which Paulus highly approves.

[PAULUS libro nono ad Plautium. ] §34.3.18.prCASSIUS. Etiam si habitatio eo modo legata esset, gratuitam habitationem heres praestare deberet.
[PAULUS in the ninth book on Plautius.] CASSIUS. Even if the right of habitation had been bequeathed in that manner, the heir would have to provide free habitation.
et praeterea placuit agere posse colonum cum herede ex testamento, ut liberetur conductione: quod rectissime dicitur.
And furthermore, it is accepted that the tenant can bring an action based on the testament against the heir in order to be released from the lease; which is said most correctly.

Notes

  1. §34.3.18.prliberetur conductione — conductione is an ablative of separation used with the verb liberetur (passive subjunctive of liberare), meaning release from the lease (or the obligations arising from it).
  2. §34.3.18.pragere posse colonum cum herede ex testamento — An accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the subject of the impersonal verb placuit. ex testamento ('on the basis of the testament') indicates the ground for bringing the action (agere), referring to the exercise of the actio ex testamento.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.3.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.3.18.pr

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