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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.7.12.pr

Freedom Conditioned on Accounting and Payments to Heirs

Passage 6483 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a slave who receives freedom under the condition of rendering accounts must pay the outstanding balance to all heirs in proportion to their shares, even if only the names of specific heirs are mentioned in the condition.

[IULIANUS libro septimo digestorum. ] §40.7.12.prSi quis testamento libertatem acceperit sub condicione, si rationem dederit, debet pro hereditaria parte heredibus reliqua soluere, etiamsi nomina quorundam heredum sint in condicione posita.
[IULIANUS libro septimo digestorum.] If anyone has received freedom by a testament under the condition "if he shall have rendered accounts", he must pay the balance to the heirs in proportion to their hereditary shares, even if the names of only certain heirs are mentioned in the condition.

Notes

  1. §40.7.12.prreliqua — Neuter plural accusative of the adjective reliquus (remaining), used substantively here to mean "the outstanding balance" or "the arrears" resulting from the rendering of accounts.
  2. §40.7.12.prpro hereditaria parte — Meaning "in proportion to the hereditary share." It indicates that when there are co-heirs, the payment must be divided and made according to the respective share of each heir.
  3. §40.7.12.pretiamsi nomina quorundam heredum sint in condicione posita — A concessive clause meaning "even if the names of [only] certain heirs are placed in the condition." The word quorundam (of certain ones) implies a subset of the heirs, indicating that even if only specific heirs are named in the condition, the payment obligation still extends to all heirs in proportion to their shares.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.7.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.7.12.pr

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