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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.50.pr

Legacies Defeated by Exception and the Falcidian Fourth

Passage 5495 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Celsus explains that legacies against which the heir can raise an exception are credited toward the heir's Falcidian fourth and do not reduce the legacies of other legatees.

[CELSUS libro quarto decimo digestorum. ] §35.2.50.prNon est dubium, quin ea legata, a quibus heres summouere exceptione petitorem potest, in quartam ei imputentur nec ceterorum legata minuant.
[CELSUS in the fourteenth book of his Digests.] There is no doubt but that those legacies, from [the claim for] which the heir can bar the claimant by an exception, are imputed to him towards his fourth and do not diminish the legacies of the others.

Notes

  1. §35.2.50.prNon est dubium, quin — The clause introduced by `quin` with the subjunctive verbs `imputentur` and `minuant` acts as a noun clause dependent on the negative expression `Non est dubium` ("there is no doubt").
  2. §35.2.50.pra quibus heres summouere exceptione petitorem potest — The prepositional phrase `a quibus` (the antecedent of the ablative relative pronoun `quibus` is `ea legata`) depends on the verb `summouere` ("to remove/bar from"), indicating the legacies from whose claims the heir can repel the claimant (`petitorem`) by means of an exception (`exceptione`).
  3. §35.2.50.prin quartam ei imputentur — `in quartam` refers to the "fourth" (the Falcidian portion) guaranteed to the heir under the Lex Falcidia, and `ei` is a dative of interest referring to the heir (`heres`).

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