Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.4.16.pr

Right to Demand Security in Double Conditional Legacies

Passage 5708 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the case of double conditional bequests, the text explains who has the right to demand security while the conditions regarding the slave remain pending.

[UALENS libro septimo actionum. ] §36.4.16.prSi Titius seruum Maeuio legat sub condicione et eidem seruo Sempronius sub condicione legat, pendente condicione utraque ab herede Sempronii tam Titii heres quam Maeuius iure satisdationem postulant.

[VALENS, book 7 of Actions.] If Titius bequeaths a slave to Maevius under a condition, and Sempronius bequeaths something to the same slave under a condition, while both conditions are pending, both the heir of Titius and Maevius rightfully demand security from the heir of Sempronius.

Notes

§36.4.16.preidem seruo — Dative (indirect object) of the verb legat, meaning 'bequeaths to the same slave.' In Roman law, a bequest to a slave is acquired for the benefit of the slave's master (or whoever becomes the master upon fulfillment of the condition).
§36.4.16.prpendente condicione utraque — Ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle pendente and the noun phrase condicione utraque ('each of the two conditions'). It means 'while both conditions are pending'.
§36.4.16.prtam Titii heres quam Maeuius — The subject of the main clause. Since it is uncertain whether the ownership of the slave remains with the heir of Titius (if the condition of the bequest fails) or transfers to Maevius (if it is fulfilled), both of them are entitled to demand security (satisdatio) as potential beneficiaries.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.4.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.4.16.pr

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