Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.3.3.pr

Security for Legacies to Persons in Power

Passage 5676 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that security must be given to persons in power just as in the case of a legacy left to two persons under different or contrary conditions, where security is provided to both by the same obligors.

[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo nono ad edictum. ] §36.3.3.prSed et ipsis, qui sunt in potestate, cauendum est, quemadmodum solet caueri, si eadem res duobus sub diuersis uel contrariis condicionibus relicta sit: duobus enim satisdatur, sed in utroque casu isdem personis satisdationem subituris.

But security must also be given to those themselves who are in power, just as security is usually given if the same thing is left to two persons under different or contrary conditions; for security is given to both, but in either case with the same persons having to provide the security.

Notes

36.3.3.pripsis, qui sunt in potestate, cauendum est — ipsis is a dative of reference/advantage used with the gerundive cauendum, indicating the beneficiaries to whom security must be provided. It emphasizes 'the dependents themselves' in contrast to the 'father' (pater) discussed in the preceding section (36.3.2.pr).
36.3.3.prisdem personis satisdationem subituris — An ablative absolute construction with the future active participle subituris (from subire, 'to undergo' or 'to undertake' the obligation of security). isdem personis refers to the 'same persons' (the heirs) who will be liable to provide the security in either eventuality.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.3.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.3.3.pr

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