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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.2.17.pr

Liability for Legacies Proportional to Hereditary Shares

Passage 7506 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses how, when a legacy is imposed on some or almost all co-heirs, they are liable for the whole legacy in proportion to their respective hereditary shares.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad Plautium. ] §45.2.17.prSiue a certis personis heredum nominatim legatum esset, siue ab omnibus excepto aliquo, Atilicinus Sabinus Cassius pro hereditariis partibus totum eos legatum debituros aiunt, quia hereditas eos obligat.
[PAULUS, in the eighth book on Plautius.] Whether a legacy has been bequeathed specifically by certain persons among the heirs, or by all of them except for someone, Atilicinus, Sabinus, and Cassius say that they will owe the whole legacy in proportion to their hereditary shares, because the inheritance binds them.
idem est, cum omnes heredes nominantur.
The same is true when all the heirs are named.

Notes

  1. §45.2.17.prpro hereditariis partibus totum eos legatum debituros — In this accusative with infinitive construction (with the infinitive being "debituros [esse]"), it indicates that each heir is liable for the legacy as a whole ("totum legatum") only in proportion to their hereditary share ("pro hereditariis partibus"). The pronoun "eos" serves as the subject accusative referring to the burdened heirs.
  2. §45.2.17.prexcepto aliquo — An ablative absolute construction with "aliquo" as the subject, meaning literally "someone having been excepted," which translates to "except for someone."

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