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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.30.pr

Death of Conditional Legatee and Accrual to the Other

Passage 5361 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

If an estate is bequeathed to one person unconditionally and to another under a condition, and the conditional legatee dies before the condition is fulfilled, the unconditional legatee is not obliged to fulfill the condition, as the remaining portion accrues to him.

[IDEM libro primo ex Minicio. ] §35.1.30.prSi separatim mihi totus fundus pure, tibi sub condicione legatus fuerit et tu decesseris, antequam condicio exstiterit: non habebo necessitatem implere condicionem, utpote cum, etiamsi condicio defecerit, pars quam uindicaturus eras mihi adcrescat.
[THE SAME, in the first book of his commentary on Minicius.] If the whole estate has been bequeathed separately to me unconditionally, and to you under a condition, and you die before the condition is fulfilled: I shall have no necessity to fulfill the condition, since, even if the condition fails, the portion which you were going to claim accrues to me.

Notes

  1. §35.1.30.prutpote cum, etiamsi condicio defecerit, pars quam uindicaturus eras mihi adcrescat — A causal clause introduced by `utpote cum` with the subjunctive verb `adcrescat`, within which a concessive clause `etiamsi condicio defecerit` ("even if the condition should fail") is embedded.
  2. §35.1.30.pruindicaturus eras — Active periphrastic conjugation using the future participle `uindicaturus` and the imperfect `eras`, expressing an intention or expected event in the past ("you were going to claim" or "you would have claimed" had the condition been fulfilled).
  3. §35.1.30.pradcrescat — The verb `accresco` ("to accrue" or "to be added to") refers to the Roman law doctrine of the right of accrual (*ius adcrescendi*), whereby the lapsed share of one co-legatee automatically accrues to the other.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.30.pr

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