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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.22.pr

Legacy on Condition of Celibacy and Invalid Fideicommissum

Passage 5353 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A decision establishing that if a legacy is left to a woman on condition of her not marrying, with a fideicommissum to restore it to another if she marries, she may still claim the legacy if she marries and is not bound to perform the fideicommissum.

[IDEM libro trigesimo quinto digestorum. ] §35.1.22.prQuotiens sub condicione mulieri legatur 'si non nubserit' et eiusdem fidei commissum sit, ut Titio restituat, si nubat, commode statuitur et si nubserit, legatum eam petere posse et non esse cogendam fideicommissum praestare.
[By the same writer in the thirty-fifth book of his Digests.] Whenever a legacy is bequeathed to a woman under the condition "if she does not marry," and a fideicommissum is charged upon the same woman to restore it to Titius if she marries, it is properly established that even if she does marry, she can claim the legacy and is not to be compelled to perform the fideicommissum.

Notes

  1. 35.1.22.preiusdem fidei commissum sit — 'eiusdem' is the genitive feminine singular referring to the aforementioned woman ('mulieri'), indicating the person upon whose good faith ('fidei committere') the fideicommissum is charged.
  2. 35.1.22.pret si nubserit — The conjunction 'et' is used here in the sense of 'etiam' (even if, even though), introducing a concessive meaning that emphasizes the legal outcome even if the condition of marriage is fulfilled.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.22.pr

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