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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.78.pr-35.1.78.1

Obstruction of Conditions and Validity of Disjunctive Conditions

Passage 5409 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that when a ward or tutor obstructs a condition, it is deemed fulfilled, and that in disjunctive conditions, the subsequent fulfillment of one condition is sufficient.

[IDEM libro nono responsorum. ] §35.1.78.prCum pupillus aut tutor eius condicionem in personam pupilli collatam impedit, tam legati quam libertatis iure communi condicio impleta esse uidetur.
[THE SAME in the ninth book of Responses.] When a ward or his tutor obstructs a condition imposed upon the person of the ward, the condition is deemed to be fulfilled by common law, as well in respect of a legacy as of freedom.
§35.1.78.1Disiunctiuo modo condicionibus adscriptis alteram defecisse non oberit altera uel postea impleta, nec interest, in potestate fuerint accipientis condiciones an in euentum collatae.
When conditions are prescribed in a disjunctive manner, the failure of one will not be prejudicial, provided the other is fulfilled even afterwards; nor does it matter whether the conditions were within the power of the recipient or depended upon a chance event.

Notes

  1. §35.1.78.prcondicionem in personam pupilli collatam — The perfect participle collatam modifies condicionem. The prepositional phrase in personam pupilli ("upon the person of the ward") depends on collatam, indicating that the condition was imposed regarding the person or acts of the ward themselves.
  2. §35.1.78.1altera uel postea impleta — The noun condicione is to be supplied with altera. The phrase altera condicione ... impleta is an ablative absolute expressing condition ("provided the other condition is fulfilled"). Here, uel functions as an emphasizing adverb ("even").
  3. §35.1.78.1in potestate fuerint accipientis condiciones an in euentum collatae — An indirect question clause introduced by the impersonal expression nec interest ("it does not matter"). The subjunctive fuerint is used, and the alternative structure with an expresses "whether the conditions were within the power of the recipient or imposed depending on a chance event."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.78.pr-35.1.78.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.78.pr-35.1.78.1

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