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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.7.22.pr-40.7.22.2

Distribution of Payments for Freedom to Heirs and Outsiders

Passage 6493 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the distribution ratios (proportional hereditary shares and per capita shares) for money to be paid by a statuliber to heirs and outsiders in order to obtain freedom.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Vitellium. ] §40.7.22.prQui pecuniam dare iussus est, nisi adiectum sit, cui det, heredibus dare debet pro partibus hereditariis: pro ea enim parte quisque accipere debet, pro qua dominus est.
[PAULUS, book three on Vitellius.] The person who has been ordered to give money, unless it has been added to whom he should give it, must give it to the heirs in proportion to their hereditary shares; for each ought to receive in proportion to that share in respect of which he is owner.
§40.7.22.1Si quidam ex heredibus, quibus dare debeat, nominati sint, dabit his pro hereditariis portionibus.
If certain of the heirs, to whom he ought to give, have been named, he will give to them in proportion to their hereditary shares.
§40.7.22.2Si heredibus nominatis etiam extraneus iunctus sit, extraneo uirilis, ceteris hereditariae dari debent: et si non solum Titium, sed etiam alios adiecisset, hos uirilem partem habituros, coheredes autem hereditarias Iulianus scribit.
If an outsider is also joined to the named heirs, a per capita share must be given to the outsider, and hereditary shares to the others; and Julian writes that if he had added not only Titius, but also others, these would have per capita shares, while the co-heirs would have hereditary shares.

Notes

  1. 40.7.22.prpro ea enim parte quisque accipere debet, pro qua dominus est — The antecedent of the relative pronoun `qua` is `ea parte`. The structure means 'each ought to receive in proportion to that share in respect of which he is owner (of the slave or estate).' `dominus` refers to each heir being the owner of the slave to the extent of their hereditary share.
  2. 40.7.22.2extraneo uirilis, ceteris hereditariae dari debent — `uirilis` is a feminine singular nominative adjective with `pars` or `portio` understood, requiring the singular verb `dari debet` to be supplied ('a per capita share should be given to the outsider'). On the other hand, `ceteris hereditariae` has the plural `partes` or `portiones` understood, agreeing with the plural verb `dari debent`.
  3. 40.7.22.2hos uirilem partem habituros, coheredes autem hereditarias — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction governed by `Iulianus scribit`. `habituros [esse]` is a future active participle, accusative masculine plural, with its subject accusative being `hos` ('these', i.e., the added outsiders). After `coheredes autem hereditarias`, the words `partes habituros esse` are omitted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.7.22.pr-40.7.22.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.7.22.pr-40.7.22.2

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