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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.77.pr

Individual Falcidian Calculation for Each Heir

Passage 5522 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that the calculation under the Falcidian law must be made for each individual heir, so that if one heir's share is exhausted by legacies, they are entitled to the benefit of the law even if the other heir has been left with a sufficient portion of the estate.

[IDEM libro octauo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §35.2.77.prIn singulis heredibus rationem legis Falcidiae componendam esse non dubitatur.
[THE SAME, From the eighteenth book with reference to the provincial edict.] There is no doubt that the calculation of the Falcidian law must be settled in respect of each individual heir.
et ideo si Titio et Seio heredibus institutis semis hereditatis Titii exhaustus est, Seio autem quadrans totorum bonorum relictus sit, competit Titio beneficium legis Falcidiae.
And therefore, if, when Titius and Seius have been appointed heirs, half of the inheritance belonging to Titius has been exhausted, while to Seius a quarter of the entire estate has been left, Titius is entitled to the benefit of the Falcidian law.

Notes

  1. 35.2.77.prTitio et Seio heredibus institutis — Ablative absolute construction, representing the background situation (the appointment of Titius and Seius as heirs) within the conditional clause (the si-clause).
  2. 35.2.77.prcomponendam esse — Passive infinitive of obligation using the gerundive, serving as the predicate of the accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction following the impersonal verb non dubitatur ("there is no doubt"). The subject is the accusative rationem.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.77.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.77.pr

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