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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.3.4.pr

Admission of Legatee to Possession for Lack of Security

Passage 5677 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that if a person holding an estate under a trust fails to give security for legacies, the legatee is entitled to be put into possession of the property.

[IDEM libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §36.3.4.prSi ex causa fideicommissi sit apud aliquem hereditas nec legatorum satisdat, in possessionem aduersus eum legatarius mittitur.
If an estate is in someone's hands by virtue of a trust, and he does not provide security for the legacies, the legatee is sent into possession against him.

Notes

  1. 36.3.4.prlegatorum — The genitive plural of the neuter noun legatum (legacy), serving as an objective genitive dependent on the verb satisdat (provides security) to specify the object for which security is to be given.
  2. 36.3.4.prin possessionem aduersus eum legatarius mittitur — Refers to the praetorian remedy known as missio in possessionem (sending into possession). If the holder of the estate fails to provide security to the legatee, the praetor authorizes the legatee to enter into possession of the property for custody and preservation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.3.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.3.4.pr

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