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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.26.pr-35.2.26.1

Application of the Falcidian Law to Pearls and Statues

Passage 5471 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses whether a string of pearls already held by the legatee can be restored or partitioned under the Falcidian law, and whether the price of statues is subject to the same law.

[IDEM libro quinto responsorum. ] §35.2.26.prLineam margaritorum triginta quinque legauit, quae linea apud legatarium fuerat mortis tempore: quaero, an ea linea heredi restitui deberet propter legem Falcidiam.
[THE SAME, in his fifth book of Responses.] A person bequeathed a string of thirty-five pearls, which string was in the possession of the legatee at the time of death. I ask whether that string ought to be restored to the heir on account of the Falcidian law.
respondit posse heredem consequi, ut ei restituatur, ac, si malit, possė uindicare partem in ea linea, quae propter legis Falcidiae rationem deberet remanere.
He replied that the heir can take steps to have it restored to him, and, if he should prefer, he can claim ownership of that part in the string which ought to remain with him by reason of the calculation of the Falcidian law.
§35.2.26.1Quaesitum est, an pretium statuarum Falcidiam pati debeat.
The question arose whether the price of statues ought to be subject to the Falcidian law.
respondit debere.
He replied that it ought to be.

Notes

  1. §35.2.26.prposse heredem consequi — An indirect speech construction introduced by respondit. heredem is the subject accusative of the infinitive, and the deponent infinitive consequi takes the noun clause ut ei restituatur as its object.
  2. §35.2.26.prsi malit — The third-person singular present subjunctive of malo ('prefer'). It presents an alternative option for the heir, 'if he should prefer' to claim ownership of the specific part (uindicare partem) that ought to remain under the Falcidian law, rather than seeking the restitution of the entire necklace.
  3. §35.2.26.1Falcidiam pati — Falcidiam refers to the lex Falcidia. Literally 'to suffer the Falcidian law', meaning that the legacy is subject to reduction in order to secure the Falcidian portion (one-fourth) for the heir.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.26.pr-35.2.26.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.26.pr-35.2.26.1

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