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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.40.pr-35.2.40.1

Falcidian Law on Veterans' Wills and Conditional Land Legacies

Passage 5485 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the application of the Falcidian law to the testament of a veteran, and the status of a legatee who is conditionally bequeathed a tract of land as being the legatee of the entire tract.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro quarto iuris epitomarum. ] §35.2.40.prAd ueterani testamentum, siue pater familias siue filius familias sit, licet intra annum missionis decedat, lex Falcidia pertinet.
[HERMOGENIANUS in the fourth book of his Epitome of Law.] The Falcidian law applies to the testament of a veteran, whether he be a paterfamilias or a filiusfamilias, even if he should die within a year of his discharge.
§35.2.40.1Si cui, si decem dedisset, uiginti fundus fuisset legatus, is in toto fundo legatarius habebitur.
If a tract of land worth twenty has been bequeathed to someone on condition of his paying ten, he will be held to be the legatee in respect of the whole tract.

Notes

  1. §35.2.40.prlicet ... decedat — The conjunction licet ("although / even if") takes the subjunctive present decedat to form a concessive clause.
  2. §35.2.40.1si decem dedisset, uiginti fundus fuisset legatus — A construction containing a double conditional clause. The clause "si decem dedisset" ("if he should have given ten") functions as a condition attached to the legacy (subjunctive pluperfect), and "uiginti" indicates the value of the "fundus" (a tract of land worth twenty).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.40.pr-35.2.40.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.40.pr-35.2.40.1

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