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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.4.10.pr-34.4.10.1

Conditional Revocation and Transfer Upon Prior Death

Passage 5242 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk discusses the legal effect of revoking a legacy under a condition and the transfer of a legacy when the primary legatee dies before the vesting day.

[IULIANUS libro trigesimo septimo digestorum. ] §34.4.10.prSi legatum pure datum Titio adimatur sub condicione et pendente condicione Titius decesserit, quamuis condicio defecerit, ad heredem Titii legatum non pertinebit: nam legatum cum sub condicione adimitur, perinde est, ac si sub contraria condicione datum fuisset.
[JULIANUS in the thirty-seventh book of Digest.] If a legacy given unconditionally to Titius is revoked under a condition, and Titius dies while the condition is pending, the legacy will not belong to the heir of Titius, even if the condition fails; for when a legacy is revoked under a condition, it is just as if it had been given under the contrary condition.
§34.4.10.1Quod ita legatum est: 'Titio decem heres meus dato: si Titio non dederit, eadem decem Sempronio dato', si moriatur Titius ante diem legati, Sempronius legatum utiliter petet: translatum enim legatum intellegi debebit.
Where a legacy is made in this manner: 'Let my heir give ten to Titius; if he does not give it to Titius, let him give the same ten to Sempronius,' if Titius dies before the day the legacy vests, Sempronius will effectively claim the legacy; for the legacy must be understood as having been transferred.

Notes

  1. §34.4.10.prperinde est, ac si — A conjunctional phrase expressing a hypothetical comparison ('it is just as if'). It is accompanied by the subjunctive pluperfect fuisset to equate the legal situation with a hypothetical scenario.
  2. §34.4.10.1Quod ita legatum est — A noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun Quod (including its antecedent), serving to introduce the specific wording of the legacy. It sets the thematic context: 'As to that which has been bequeathed in this way'.
  3. §34.4.10.1ante diem legati — Here, dies refers to the time when the right to the legacy vests in the legatee (dies cedens), usually the moment of the testator's death. Since the legatee Titius died before this day, the right did not vest in him, triggering the subsequent provision.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.4.10.pr-34.4.10.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.4.10.pr-34.4.10.1

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