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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.4.9.pr-36.4.9.1

Entry into Possession for Unpaid Heir and Conflicting Conditions

Passage 5701 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage rules on the legatee's right to enter into possession when the condemned heir fails to pay, and when the same property is bequeathed to two people under mutually exclusive conditions without security.

[IDEM libro nono decimo quaestionum. ] §36.4.9.prEtiam si condemnatus heres fuerit nec pecuniam soluat, legatarius potest desiderare mitti in possessionem.
[THE SAME, book 19 of Questions] Even if the heir has been condemned and does not pay the money, the legatee can request to be placed in possession.
§36.4.9.1Cum sub condicionibus contrariis eadem res duobus legetur, si non caueatur, uterque mittitur in possessionem.
When the same thing is bequeathed to two persons under contradictory conditions, if security is not given, both are placed in possession.

Notes

  1. §36.4.9.prcondemnatus heres fuerit — Perfect (or future perfect) subjunctive passive with heres as the subject, indicating that the heir has judicially been ordered to pay the legacy.
  2. §36.4.9.prmitti in possessionem — Passive infinitive of the verb mittere, serving as the object of desiderare, meaning "to be placed in possession" of the bequeathed property or the inheritance to secure the legacy.
  3. §36.4.9.1sub condicionibus contrariis — Under contradictory conditions, referring to mutually exclusive conditions where the fulfillment of one necessarily implies the failure of the other.
  4. §36.4.9.1uterque — Pronoun meaning "each of the two." Grammatically singular, taking the singular verb mittitur, but substantively applying to both co-legatees.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.4.9.pr-36.4.9.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.4.9.pr-36.4.9.1

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