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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.6.6.pr-42.6.6.1

Separation for Legatees and Relief Regarding Freedwoman Heir

Passage 6995 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the equity of allowing both creditors and legatees of the testator to seek separation of goods, and the relief granted to a patron from debts contracted by an heir-freedwoman.

[IULIANUS libro quadragensimo sexto digestorum. ] §42.6.6.prQuotiens heredis bona soluendo non sunt, non solum creditores testatoris, sed etiam eos, quibus legatum fuerit, impetrare bonorum separationem aequum est, ita ut, cum in creditoribus solidum adquisitum fuerit, legatariis uel solidum uel portio quaeratur. §42.6.6.1Si liberta heres instituta bonorum possessionem secundum tabulas petisset eius, qui soluendo non erat, quaesitum est, an bona eius separari ab hereditariis debent.
[JULIANUS, Digest, Book 46]\n\nWhenever the goods of the heir are not solvent, it is equitable that not only the creditors of the testator, but also those to whom a legacy has been left, should obtain a separation of goods, so that, when full payment has been acquired for the creditors, either the whole or a portion may be sought for the legatees.\n\nIf a freedwoman who had been appointed heir had petitioned for possession of goods in accordance with the will of one who was not solvent, it was asked whether her own goods ought to be separated from the inherited goods.
respondit: non est iniquum succurri patrono, ne oneraretur aere alieno, quod liberta petendo bonorum possessionem secundum tabulas contraxerit.
He replied: It is not inequitable that relief should be given to the patron, so that he may not be burdened with the debt which the freedwoman contracted by petitioning for the possession of goods in accordance with the will.

Notes

  1. §42.6.6.prsoluendo non sunt — soluendo is the dative of the gerundive, used with esse to denote capacity or purpose ("to be solvent"). Thus, soluendo non sunt means "they are not solvent."
  2. §42.6.6.1succurri patrono — succurri is the impersonal passive infinitive of the intransitive verb succurrere (which governs the dative), here accompanied by the dative patrono. It functions as the subject of the clause "it is not inequitable that relief be given to the patron."
  3. §42.6.6.1quod liberta petendo bonorum possessionem secundum tabulas contraxerit — quod is a relative pronoun (neuter singular accusative, direct object of contraxerit) referring back to the antecedent aere alieno (debt). petendo is the ablative of the gerund expressing means ("by petitioning").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.6.6.pr-42.6.6.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.6.6.pr-42.6.6.1

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