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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.76.pr-35.2.76.1

Fulfillment of Conditions and Lapsed Legacies

Passage 5521 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk defines the treatment under the Lex Falcidia of property given to fulfill a condition, explaining the legal nature of peculium received from a conditionally free slave and of legacies that fail and remain with the heirs.

[GAIUS libro tertio de legatis ad edictum praetoris. ] §35.2.76.prId autem, quod condicionis implendae causa uel a coherede uel a legatario uel a statulibero datur, in Falcidia non imputatur, quia mortis causa capitur.
[GAIUS, From the third book on legacies, with reference to the praetor's edict.] However, that which is given for the purpose of fulfilling a condition, either by a co-heir, by a legatee, or by a conditionally free slave, is not reckoned in the Falcidian portion, because it is acquired mortis causa.
sane si a statulibero peculiares nummos accipiat, pro sua parte quadranti eos imputare debet, quia pro ea parte non mortis causa capere, sed hereditario iure eos habere intellegitur.
Of course, if he receives from a conditionally free slave coins belonging to the peculium, he must, in proportion to his share, reckon them toward his quarter, because in respect of that share he is understood not to acquire them mortis causa, but to hold them by hereditary right.
§35.2.76.1Qua ratione placuit legata, quae legatarii non capiunt, cum apud heredes subsederint, hereditario iure apud eos remanere intellegi et ideo quadranti imputanda, nec quicquam interesse, utrum statim ab initio legatum non sit an quod legatum est remanserit.
For this reason, it has been accepted that legacies which the legatees do not take, when they remain with the heirs, are understood to remain with them by hereditary right and therefore must be reckoned toward the quarter, and that it makes no difference whether there was no legacy right from the very beginning, or whether that which was bequeathed has remained.

Notes

  1. 35.2.76.prcondicionis implendae causa — The noun `causa` ("for the sake of", in the ablative) is used with the genitive noun `condicionis` modified by the gerundive `implendae`, forming an adverbial phrase of purpose.
  2. 35.2.76.prquadranti — The dative singular of `quadrans` (the quarter portion reserved for the heir under the Lex Falcidia), serving as the indirect object of the verb `imputare` (to reckon or credit to).
  3. 35.2.76.1Qua ratione placuit — The impersonal verb `placuit` ("it has been held/decided") governs three accusative-and-infinitive (A.C.I.) clauses that follow: first, `legata ... remanere intellegi`; second, `[ea] ... imputanda [esse]` (with `esse` omitted); and third, `nec quicquam interesse`.

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