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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.4.5.pr

Transfer of Legacy and Tacit Revocation

Passage 5237 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that just as a legacy can be revoked, it can also be transferred to another person, which implies a tacit revocation regarding the original legatee.

[GAIUS libro secundo ad edictum urbicum. ] §34.4.5.prSicut adimi legatum potest, ita et ad alium transferri, ueluti hoc modo: 'quod Titio legaui, id Seio do lego': quae res in personam Titii tacitam ademptionem continet.
[GAIUS in the second book on the urban edict.] Just as a legacy can be revoked, so also can it be transferred to another, for example in this manner: 'What I have bequeathed to Titius, I give and bequeath to Seius'; which transaction contains a tacit revocation in respect to the person of Titius.

Notes

  1. §34.4.5.prtransferri — In the correlative structure of 'sicut... ita et...', the verb 'potest' from the preceding clause is implied also for the infinitive 'transferri' (present passive infinitive) in the subsequent clause.
  2. §34.4.5.prquae res — The relative adjective 'quae' modifies the noun 'res', referring back to the entire context of 'transferring a legacy to another person' (or the formula thereof) as its antecedent.
  3. §34.4.5.prin personam — The preposition 'in' with the accusative 'personam' indicates the object to which the act or legal effect applies (here, the specific individual Titius). It means 'in respect to' or 'against' Titius.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.4.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.4.5.pr

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