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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.3.6.pr

Remission of the Burden of Security for Legatees

Passage 5547 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section quotes a rescript of the Emperor Commodus allowing the competent judge to remit the burden of security if it is demanded of a legatee or fideicommissary merely to deter them from pursuing their claims.

[CALLISTRATUS libro quarto de cognitionibus. ] §35.3.6.prCum non facile satisdationem offerre legatarius uel fideicommissarius possit et futurum sit, ut propter hoc a petitione liberalitatis ex testamento submoueantur, numquid onus satisdationis eis remittendum erit? quod uidetur adiuuari rescripto diui Commodi in haec uerba: 'is, cuius de ea re notio est, aditus si compererit ideo cautionem a te exigi, ut a fideicommissi petitione auertaris, onus satisdationis tibi remitti curabit'.
[CALLISTRATUS libro quarto de cognitionibus.] Since a legatee or fideicommissary cannot easily offer security, and the result would be that they are excluded on this account from petitioning for the liberality under the testament, should the burden of giving security be remitted to them? This opinion seems to be supported by a rescript of the divine Commodus in these words: 'He who has jurisdiction over the matter, if approached and finding that security is demanded of you for the purpose of steering you away from petitioning for the fideicommissum, shall take care that the burden of giving security be remitted to you.'

Notes

  1. §35.3.6.prfuturum sit, ut — The present subjunctive of the impersonal future expression (futurum esse), which, together with the following ut-clause, denotes a future consequence ('it will happen that' or 'the result would be that').
  2. §35.3.6.praditus — The nominative masculine singular of the perfect passive participle of adire (to approach, petition), agreeing with the subject 'is'. It describes the situation of a judge or magistrate being approached by a petitioner.
  3. §35.3.6.prideo... ut... — The adverb of purpose ideo (for this reason, for the purpose), correlated with the following ut-clause, emphasizing the specific intention or goal behind demanding the security.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.3.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.3.6.pr

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