[IDEM libro uicesimo ad Sabinum. ] §36.2.5.prSi post diem legati cedentem legatarius decesserit, ad heredem suum transfert legatum.
[THE SAME in the twentieth book on Sabinus] If a legatee dies after the day of the legacy has vested, he transmits the legacy to his own heir.
§36.2.5.1Itaque si purum legatum sit, ex die mortis dies eius cedit: si uero post diem sint legata relicta, simili modo atque in puris dies cedit, nisi forte id fuit legatum, quod ad heredem non transit: nam huius dies non ante cedit, ut puta si usus fructus sit post annum relictus: hanc enim sententiam probamus.
Therefore, if it is an unconditional legacy, its day vests from the day of death. But if a legacy is left to be paid after a certain day, the day vests in the same manner as in the case of unconditional legacies, unless indeed it is a legacy which does not pass to the heir; for the day of such a legacy does not vest before that time, as, for example, if a usufruct is left to begin after a year; for we approve this opinion.
§36.2.5.2Sed si sub condicione sit legatum relictum, non prius dies legati cedit quam condicio fuerit impleta, ne quidem si ea sit condicio, quae in potestate sit legatarii.
But if a legacy is left under a condition, the day of the legacy does not vest until the condition has been fulfilled, not even if it is a condition which is within the power of the legatee.
§36.2.5.3Sed si ea condicio fuit, quam praetor remittit, statim dies cedit:
But if it is a condition which the praetor remits, the day vests immediately.
§36.2.5.4Idemque et in impossibili condicione, quia pro puro hoc legatum habetur.
And the same applies to an impossible condition, because this legacy is treated as unconditional.
§36.2.5.5Item si qua condicio sit, quae per legatarium non stat quo minus impleatur, sed aut per heredem aut per eius personam, in cuius persona iussus est parere condicioni, dies legati cedit, quoniam pro impleta habetur: ut puta si iussus sim heredi decem dare et ille accipere nolit.
Likewise, if there is any condition whose failure to be fulfilled is not due to the legatee, but is due either to the heir or to the person in whose person the legatee was ordered to comply with the condition, the day of the legacy vests, since it is treated as fulfilled; as, for example, if I am ordered to give ten to the heir and he refuses to accept it.
sed et si ita mihi legatum sit, si Seiam uxorem duxero, nec ea uelit nubere, dicendum erit diem legati cedere, quod per me non stat, quo minus paream condicioni, sed per alium stat, quo minus impleatur condicio.
But also if a legacy is left to me in the terms 'if I marry Seia', and she is unwilling to marry, it must be said that the day of the legacy vests, because it is not due to me that I do not comply with the condition, but it is due to another that the condition is not fulfilled.
§36.2.5.6Isdem autem diebus, id est isdem pensionibus heredi praestabitur legatum, quibus legatario ipsi praestabatur.
Moreover, the legacy shall be paid to the heir on the same days, that is, in the same installments, in which it would have been paid to the legatee himself.
§36.2.5.7Si, cum dies legati cedere inciperet, alieni quis iuris est, deberi his legatum, quorum iuri fuit subiectus.
If, when the day of the legacy begins to vest, someone is under the power of another, the legacy is due to those to whose power he was subject.
et ideo si purum legatum fuerit et post diem legati cedentem liber factus est, apud dominum legatum relinquet: sed si usus fructus fuerit legatus, licet post mortem testatoris, ante aditam tamen hereditatem sui iuris efficiatur, sibi legatum adquirit.
And therefore, if it is an unconditional legacy and he becomes independent after the day of the legacy has vested, he leaves the legacy with his master; but if a usufruct has been bequeathed, although it be after the death of the testator, yet if he becomes independent before the inheritance is accepted, he acquires the legacy for himself.