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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.67.pr

Calculation Order of Falcidian and Legal Legacy Limits

Passage 5512 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that when a legacy exceeds both the capacity of the recipient and the limit of the Falcidian law, the calculation under the Falcidian law must be applied first, and the remainder is due only if it does not exceed the legally prescribed portion.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro quarto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §35.2.67.prQuotiens cuidam amplius legatum sit, quam ei capere liceret, et lex Falcidia locum haberet, prius Falcidiae ratio habenda est, scilicet ut subducto eo, quod lex Falcidia exceperit, reliquum, si non excedat statutam lege portionem, debeatur.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, in the fourth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] Whenever more has been bequeathed to someone than he is permitted to take, and the Falcidian law also applies, first the calculation of the Falcidian law must be made; that is to say, that after deducting that which the Falcidian law excludes, the remainder should be due, provided it does not exceed the portion established by the law.

Notes

  1. 35.2.67.prratio — Although it can mean "consideration" or "reason", here it specifically refers to the "calculation" or "computation" of deduction under the Falcidian law.
  2. 35.2.67.prstatutam lege portionem — The word lege (law) here does not refer to the Falcidian law, but to the law establishing capacity limits (such as the Lex Iulia et Papia) referenced in the opening conditional clause (Quotiens...).
  3. 35.2.67.prsubducto eo — An ablative absolute using the perfect passive participle of subducere in the neuter singular, taking eo as the antecedent of the relative clause quod... exceperit. It expresses the condition: "after that which the Falcidian law excludes has been deducted."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.67.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.67.pr

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