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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.5.10.pr

Survival of Periodic Legacies and Habitation after Capitis Deminutio

Passage 762 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

An annual or monthly legacy, or a legacy of habitation, is extinguished by the death of the legatee but survives capitis deminutio, because such legacies depend on fact rather than on law.

[MODESTINUS libro octauo differentiarum. ] §4.5.10.prLegatum in annos singulos uel menses singulos relictum, uel si habitatio legetur, morte quidem legatarii legatum intercidit, capitis deminutione tamen interueniente perseuerat: uidelicet quia tale legatum in facto potius quam in iure consistit.
[MODESTINUS libro octauo differentiarum.] A legacy left on an annual or monthly basis, or if a right of habitation is bequeathed, is indeed extinguished by the death of the legatee, but continues to exist even if status loss (capitis deminutio) intervenes; obviously because such a legacy consists in fact rather than in law.

Notes

  1. §4.5.10.prcapitis deminutione tamen interueniente — An ablative absolute construction formed by the noun capitis deminutione and the present participle interueniente. Accompanied by the adversative adverb tamen, it carries a concessive meaning: "even if status loss (capitis deminutio) intervenes."
  2. §4.5.10.prin facto potius quam in iure consistit — The verb consistit, used with "in + ablative," means "consists in" or "depends on." The structures in facto and in iure are contrasted via potius quam, indicating that the essence of these legacies lies in a factual state of affairs (factum) rather than in a legal construction (ius).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.5.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.5.10.pr

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