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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.5.2.pr

Legacies and Trusts to Citizens Deemed Left to the City

Passage 5266 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal interpretation that a legacy or trust given to the citizens of a city is deemed to have been left to the city itself, rather than to the individuals.

[IDEM libro nono responsorum. ] §34.5.2.prCiuibus ciuitatis legatum uel fideicommissum datum ciuitati relictum uidetur.
[THE SAME in the ninth book of Opinions.] A legacy or a trust given to the citizens of a city is deemed to have been left to the city itself.

Notes

  1. §34.5.2.prCiuibus ciuitatis — The dative plural ciuibus is modified by the genitive ciuitatis. This shows the process of legally reinterpreting a gift made to individual citizens as a legacy to the "city" (ciuitati) itself as a corporate entity.
  2. §34.5.2.pruidetur — Third-person singular of the passive uideor. Rather than expressing a subjective "it seems," it represents an objective and normative legal determination ("it is deemed" or "it is construed").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.5.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.5.2.pr

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