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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.90.pr

Restitution of Inheritance for a Set Sum and Falcidian Law

Passage 5535 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

If an heir, entrusted with restoring an inheritance upon receiving a specific sum, rejects the will but seeks the Falcidian law's benefit, they must still restore the trust, as the intended sum already satisfies the legal benefit.

[FLORENTINUS libro undecimo institutionum. ] §35.2.90.prSi heres, cuius fidei commissum est, ut accepta certa pecunia hereditatem restituat, a uoluntate eius qui testamentum fecit discedat et postea legis Falcidiae beneficio uti uolet: etsi non detur ei, quo accepto hereditatem restituere rogatus est, tamen fideicommissum restituere cogi debet, quoniam quod ei pater familiae dari uoluit legis Falcidiae commodum praestat.
[Florentinus, from the eleventh book of Institutes.] If an heir, to whose good faith it has been committed to restore the inheritance upon receiving a certain sum of money, should depart from the will of the person who made the testament and afterwards wish to avail himself of the benefit of the Falcidian law: even if that which he was requested to receive before restoring the inheritance is not given to him, he must nevertheless be compelled to restore the trust-bequest, since that which the father of the family wished to be given to him supplies the benefit of the Falcidian law.

Notes

  1. 35.2.90.prquo accepto — An ablative absolute construction with the relative pronoun in the neuter singular ablative `quo` ("having received which" / "upon receiving which"). The antecedent of `quo` is a neuter pronoun (such as `id`) omitted as the subject of the passive verb `detur` in the concessive clause.
  2. 35.2.90.prlegis Falcidiae commodum praestat — A structure where the clause introduced by `quod` is the subject, and `commodum` is the direct object (accusative). Here, `praestat` means "to afford, supply, or secure." It expresses the legal logic that the specific sum of money the testator intended to give the heir already satisfies or fulfills the benefit (the Falcidian portion) guaranteed by the Falcidian law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.90.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.90.pr

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