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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.6.2.pr

Distinction between Penalties, Conditions, and Transfers

Passage 5295 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that the distinction between a penalty, a condition, and a transfer in a testament depends on the testator's intention, as confirmed by a rescript of the emperors Severus and Antoninus.

[MARCIANUS libro sexto institutionum. ] §34.6.2.prPoenam a condicione uoluntas testatoris separat et an poena, an condicio, an translatio sit, ex uoluntate defuncti apparet: idque diui Seuerus et Antoninus rescripserunt.
[MARCIANUS, from the Sixth Book of Institutes.] The will of the testator distinguishes a penalty from a condition, and whether it is a penalty, a condition, or a transfer, becomes clear from the will of the deceased; and this is what the divine Severus and Antoninus stated in a rescript.

Notes

  1. §34.6.2.pran poena, an condicio, an translatio sit — An alternative indirect question introduced by 'an... an...', where the verb 'sit' is in the present subjunctive, in accordance with the sequence of tenses dependent on the main verb 'apparet'. 'translatio' (transfer) refers to the modification or reallocation of a legacy in a will.
  2. §34.6.2.prdiui Seuerus et Antoninus — The nominative plural adjective 'diui' (divine, deified) modifies the proper names 'Seuerus et Antoninus,' serving as the official honorific title for deceased Roman emperors.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.6.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.6.2.pr

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