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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.7.pr

Legacies of Indivisible Servitudes under the Falcidian Law

Passage 5452 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that when the Lex Falcidia applies, a legacy of an indivisible servitude cannot be performed in its entirety unless the monetary valuation of the portion to be deducted is offered to the heir.

[PAPINIANUS libro septimo quaestionum. ] §35.2.7.prLege Falcidia interueniente legata seruitus, quoniam diuidi non potest, non aliter in solidum restituetur, nisi partis offeratur aestimatio.
[PAPINIANUS, from his seventh book of Questions.] When the Lex Falcidia applies, a legacy of a servitude, since it cannot be divided, will not be delivered in its entirety unless the valuation of the portion to be deducted is offered.

Notes

  1. §35.2.7.prrestituetur — While restituere generally means "to restore" or "to return," in the context of legacies it refers to the heir "delivering" or "performing" the subject matter of the legacy (here, establishing or transferring the servitude) to the legatee.
  2. §35.2.7.prpartis — This refers to the "portion" that ought to be deducted under the Lex Falcidia (which limits legacies to three-quarters of the estate). Since a servitude itself cannot be physically or legally divided, its monetary valuation (aestimatio) corresponding to that portion must be offered to the heir.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.7.pr

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