Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.19.pr

Order to Sell Below Value and Falcidian Calculation

Passage 5464 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Scaevola states that if an heir is ordered to sell a land worth ten for five, the difference of five must be charged to the Falcidian law as a legacy.

[SCAEUOLA libro octauo quaestionum. ] §35.2.19.prSi dignum decem fundum damnetur heres quinque uendere, sine dubio quinque erunt imputanda Falcidiae.

[SCAEVOLA, from his eighth book of Questions.] If an heir is charged to sell for five a tract of land worth ten, without doubt five must be charged to the Falcidian law.

Notes

35.2.19.prdignum decem fundum — The adjective dignus takes an ablative to mean "worth" or "worthy of." Here, the indeclinable numeral decem functions as an ablative, and the entire phrase means "a tract of land worth ten," modifying the accusative fundum.
35.2.19.prquinque erunt imputanda — The indeclinable numeral quinque (five) serves as the subject, with which the future passive participle (gerundive) imputanda (neuter plural) agrees in gender and number. The "five" to be charged refers to the difference between the actual value (ten) and the mandated sale price (five), which represents the substantial benefit to the buyer, treated as a legacy.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.19.pr

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