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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.69.pr

Deduction of Debts in the Bequest of a Usufruct

Passage 5514 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that when a usufruct of property is bequeathed, debts must be deducted from all things, because after the senatusconsultum every kind of thing can be the object of a usufruct.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §35.2.69.prUsu fructu bonorum legato aes alienum ex omnibus rebus deducendum est, quoniam post senatus consultum nulla res est, quae non cadit in usus fructus legatum.
[POMPONIUS, in the fifth book on Sabinus.] When a usufruct of all property is bequeathed, outstanding debts must be deducted from all the things, since after the senatusconsultum there is no thing that does not fall under a bequest of usufruct.

Notes

  1. 35.2.69.praes alienum — Literally meaning "other people's copper/money," this is the standard idiomatic expression in Latin legal and commercial contexts for "debt" or "liabilities."
  2. 35.2.69.prcadit in — The verb cadere (to fall) followed by the preposition in with the accusative is used here in the sense of "to fall under" or "to be the object of."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.69.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.69.pr

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