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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.5.4.pr

Invalidity of a Trust Omitting the Beneficiary's Name

Passage 5268 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus's opinion that if the name of the fideicommissary is not written in the testament, the fideicommissum is indubitably not deemed to have been given to anyone, whether certain or uncertain.

[IDEM libro nono decimo responsorum. ] §34.5.4.prPaulus respondit: cum nomen fideicommissarii testamento adscriptum non sit, nulli personae neque certae neque incertae datum fideicommissum uideri indubitatum est.
[THE SAME, in the nineteenth book of Opinions.] Paulus answered: since the name of the fideicommissary has not been written in the testament, it is indubitable that the fideicommissum is seen to have been given to no person, whether certain or uncertain.

Notes

  1. §34.5.4.prnulli personae neque certae neque incertae datum fideicommissum uideri indubitatum est — The infinitive clause fideicommissum ... datum [esse] uideri serves as the subject of the impersonal expression indubitatum est (it is indubitable). The negative adjective nulli (no / to no one) modifies personae, creating a general negation: the fideicommissum is not deemed (uideri) to have been given (datum [esse]) to any person, whether certain (certae) or uncertain (incertae).
  2. §34.5.4.prcum nomen ... adscriptum non sit — A cum clause with the subjunctive present sit. It sets forth the condition or circumstance (when... or since...) that serves as the premise for the main clause's conclusion.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.5.4.pr

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