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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.8.7.pr

Testamentary Capacity and Usucapion under Legacy

Passage 6841 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Javolenus states that acquisition by usucapion under a legacy requires the recipient to have testamentary capacity, explaining that such possession derives from the law of testaments.

[IAUOLENUS libro septimo ex Cassio. ] §41.8.7.prNemo potest legatorum nomine usucapere nisi is, cum quo testamenti factio est, quia ea possessio ex iure testamenti proficiscitur.
[JAVOLENUS, from his seventh book on Cassius.] No one can acquire by usucapion under the title of legacy except a person with whom there is capacity to take under a will, because that possession originates from the law of the testament.

Notes

  1. §41.8.7.prlegatorum nomine — legatorum is the genitive plural of the neuter noun legatum (legacy). nomine is the ablative of nomen (name), used here in a legal sense meaning 'under the title of' or 'on the ground of'.
  2. §41.8.7.prtestamenti factio — A legal term in Roman law referring to 'testamentary capacity' (the capacity either to make a will or to take under a will). In this context, it specifically refers to the passive capacity to receive a legacy (testamenti factio passiva). The prepositional phrase cum quo (with whom) is used to express 'a person with whom there is capacity', meaning the person who possesses this capacity.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.8.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.8.7.pr

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