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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.1.24.pr

Determining Shares in Trust Restored to Co-heirs

Passage 5576 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus discusses how the shares in a trust are to be determined when a paterfamilias orders heirs to restore an inheritance, arguing that they match the hereditary shares unless a payment of money is required, in which case the intention must be inferred from the amounts to decide between equal shares per capita or proportional shares.

[IULIANUS libro trigensimo nono digestorum. ] §36.1.24.prQuotiens pater familias unum uel duos heredes coheredibus suis restituere hereditatem iubet, intellegitur easdem partes in fideicommissis facere, quas in hereditate distribuenda fecerit.
[JULIANUS in the thirty-ninth book of the Digests.] Whenever a paterfamilias orders one or two heirs to restore the inheritance to their co-heirs, he is understood to make the same shares in the trusts as he made in distributing the inheritance.
sed si iubeantur hi, quibus fideicommissum datur, pecuniam numerare atque ita fideicommissa recipere, ex quantitate pecuniae, quam dare iubentur, uoluntas colligenda est patris familias.
But if those to whom the trust is given are ordered to pay money and thus receive the trusts, the intention of the paterfamilias must be gathered from the amount of money they are ordered to pay.
nam si ex disparibus partibus heredes scripti aequas partes dare iubentur, propius est, ut uiriles recipere debeant: si uero summa pecuniae dandae congruit portionibus, hereditarias portiones accipere debebunt.
For if heirs appointed with unequal shares are ordered to pay equal shares, it is more probable that they ought to receive equal shares per capita; but if the sum of money to be paid corresponds to their shares, they must receive their hereditary shares.

Notes

  1. §36.1.24.preasdem partes in fideicommissis facere, quas in hereditate distribuenda fecerit — The phrase 'partes facere' means 'to determine or establish shares'. 'quas' is a relative pronoun referring back to 'partes' as its antecedent, serving as the object of 'fecerit' (perfect subjunctive) in the relative clause. 'in hereditate distribuenda' is a gerundive construction meaning 'in distributing the inheritance'. The clause states that the proportions of the trusts are understood to match the proportions established for the inheritance.
  2. §36.1.24.prpropius est, ut uiriles recipere debeant — The impersonal phrase 'propius est' means 'it is closer (to the testator's intention) / more probable', taking an 'ut' clause as a substantive clause. 'uiriles' is an adjective with the feminine plural noun 'partes' omitted, referring to 'partes uiriles' (equal shares per capita).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.1.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.1.24.pr

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