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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.4.pr-35.1.4.1

Adjustment of Conditions and Interpretation of Time Terms

Passage 5335 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the praetor's role in adjusting conditions when a patron and appointed heirs are involved, and interprets the temporal term 'then' (tum) in a conditional legacy.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §35.1.4.prSi his legatum est, quibus patronus legata praestat, temperare debet praetor condicionem, ut et patrono et heredibus scriptis pro portione dentur condicionis explendae gratia.
[POMPONIUS in the third book on Sabinus.] If a legacy is left to those to whom a patron pays legacies, the praetor ought to temper the condition, so that [the payments] for the sake of fulfilling the condition may be given to both the patron and the appointed heirs in proportion.
§35.1.4.1Si ita scriptum sit: 'si in quinquennio proximo Titio filius natus non erit, tum decem Seiae heres dato', si Titius ante mortuus sit, non statim Seiae decem deberi, quia hic articulus 'tum' extremi quinquennii tempus significat.
If it is written as follows: 'if within the next five years a son is not born to Titius, then let the heir give ten to Seia,' and if Titius dies before that time, the ten is not immediately owed to Seia, because this word 'then' (tum) signifies the time of the end of the five-year period.

Notes

  1. §35.1.4.prdentur — Third-person plural present subjunctive passive. The explicit subject is omitted, but in context, the moneys or things to be provided for the sake of fulfilling the condition (condicionis explendae gratia) are understood as the subject.
  2. §35.1.4.1deberi — Present passive infinitive. Within the hypothetical scenario introduced by 'Si ita scriptum sit...', this infinitive is used in indirect discourse representing the jurist's opinion, with an introductory verb of saying or ruling (such as 'respondit') understood.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.4.pr-35.1.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.4.pr-35.1.4.1

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