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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.5.8.pr-46.5.8.1

Scope of Security for Conditional Heirs and Legatees

Passage 7795 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk discusses the duration of security that a conditional heir must provide to a substitute after accepting estate possession, and the provision of security to legatees appointed under contrary conditions.

[PAPINIANUS libro quinto quaestionum. ] §46.5.8.prPAULUS notat: qui sub condicione institutus est, adgnita bonorum possessione cogitur substituto in diem cauere longiorem: praetor enim beneficium suum nemini uult esse captiosum et potest uideri calumniose satis petere, quem alius antecedit.
[PAPINIAN, Questions, Book V] Paulus notes: he who has been appointed heir under a condition is compelled, after accepting possession of the estate, to give security to the substitute for a longer term; for the praetor does not wish his favor to be harmful to anyone, and he whom another precedes can be seen to demand security vexatiously.
§46.5.8.1Cum sub contrariis condicionibus Titio et Maeuio legatum sit, utrique cauetur, quia uterque ex uoluntate defuncti sperat legatum.
When a legacy has been bequeathed to Titius and Maevius under contrary conditions, security is given to both, because each, according to the will of the deceased, hopes for the legacy.

Notes

  1. §46.5.8.prin diem cauere longiorem — The phrase 'in diem' means 'for a specific future date'. It refers to the obligation to provide security (cauere) with a longer term (longiorem) than usual, in anticipation of the possibility that the substitute heir (substitutus) might become the heir.
  2. §46.5.8.prpotest uideri calumniose satis petere, quem alius antecedit — The phrase 'quem alius antecedit' refers to 'one whom another precedes (in priority)'. The accusative relative pronoun 'quem' functions as the subject accusative in the accusative-and-infinitive construction dependent on 'potest uideri' (impersonally used), namely with 'calumniose satis petere' ('to demand security vexatiously').
  3. §46.5.8.1sub contrariis condicionibus — The expression 'under contrary conditions' refers to two mutually exclusive conditions, such that if one is fulfilled, the other fails (for example, 'if the ship arrives from Asia' and 'if it does not arrive').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.5.8.pr-46.5.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.5.8.pr-46.5.8.1

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