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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.46.pr

Calculation of the Time Limit for Conditions from Adiation

Passage 5377 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that when a statuliber or a legatee is ordered to make a payment within a certain period but the starting point is not specified in the will, the period begins to run from the acceptance of the inheritance.

[IDEM libro tertio ad Uitellium. ] §35.1.46.prSi in diem exempli gratia centensimum imperatum est statulibero, ut pecuniam solueret, neque initium temporis eius quod futurum esset, adscriptum est, adita hereditate cedere dies incipit, quia absurdum uisum est aute diem praeterire, quam is existeret, quem oportet accipere.
[The same in the third book on Vitellius.] If, for example, a statuliber has been ordered to pay money within a hundred days, and the beginning of that future period of time has not been specified, the period begins to run upon the acceptance of the inheritance, because it seemed absurd for the period to pass before the person who ought to receive [the money] exists.
et hoc in omnibus, qui heredi dare iussi sunt, dicendum est: igitur et legatario ex adita hereditate ad parendum condicioni tempus computabitur.
And this must be said in the case of all persons who are ordered to give to the heir; therefore, for the legatee as well, the time for complying with the condition will be calculated from the acceptance of the inheritance.

Notes

  1. §35.1.46.pradita hereditate — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect passive participle *adita* and the noun *hereditate*, referring to the acceptance of the inheritance by the heir.
  2. §35.1.46.prcedere dies incipit — While the legal phrase *dies cedit* usually refers to the vesting of a right, here in this context it means that the period of time begins to run or be calculated.
  3. §35.1.46.praute diem praeterire, quam — A split form of *ante... quam* ('before'). The word *aute* in the text is a scribal error for *ante*. It introduces a subordinate clause with the subjunctive *existeret*.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.46.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.46.pr

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