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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.4.13.pr

Possession of the Entire Estate for Inconsiderable Legacies

Passage 5705 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Even if the bequeathed item is extremely small, if the heir fails to pay or provide security, the praetor will place the legatee or fideicommissary in possession of the entire inheritance to preserve the legacy.

[CALLISTRATUS libro tertio edicti monitorii. ] §36.4.13.prQuamuis minima res legata sit uel per fideicommissum relicta, tamen, si non soluatur ab herede uel eo nomine caueatur, cum caueri oporteat, in possessionem omnium bonorum, quae ex ea hereditate sunt, legatarium siue fideicommissarium praetor legatorum seruandorum causa mittit.
[CALLISTRATUS, book 3 on the Warning Edict] Although the thing bequeathed or left by way of fideicommissum may be extremely small, nevertheless, if it is not paid by the heir or security is not given on that account, even though security ought to be given, the praetor places the legatee or fideicommissary in possession of all the goods that belong to that inheritance, for the purpose of preserving the legacies.

Notes

  1. §36.4.13.prcum caueri oporteat — A cum clause with the subjunctive oporteat. It expresses either concession ('although security ought to be given') or circumstance ('when security ought to be given'). The impersonal passive infinitive caueri ('that security be given') functions as the subject infinitive of oporteat.
  2. §36.4.13.prlegatorum seruandorum causa — A gerundive construction expressing purpose. The gerundive seruandorum agrees with the noun legatorum (neuter plural genitive), governed by the postposed causa.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.4.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.4.13.pr

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