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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.38.pr

Place of Delivery for Legacies and Types of Actions

Passage 919 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text outlines the rules concerning the place of delivery for a legacy, distinguishing between personal and real actions, generic and specific goods, and considering the bad faith of the heir as well as the availability of an action for production.

[LICINNIUS RUFINUS libro quarto regularum. ] §5.1.38.prQuod legatur, si quidem per personalem actionem exigetur, ibi dari debet ubi est, nisi si dolo malo heredis subductum fuerit: tunc enim ibi dari debet ubi petitur.
[LICINNIUS RUFINUS, Rules, Book IV.] What is bequeathed, if indeed it is claimed by a personal action, must be delivered where it is, unless it has been removed by the malicious fraud of the heir; for in that case, it must be delivered where it is demanded.
praeterea quod pondere aut numero aut mensura continetur, ibi dari debet ubi petitur, nisi si adiectum fuerit 'centum modios ex illo 'horreo' aut 'uini amphoras ex illo dolio'.
Furthermore, whatever is determined by weight, number, or measure must be delivered where it is demanded, unless there has been added 'one hundred modii from that granary' or 'amphorae of wine from that jar'.
si autem per in rem actionem legatum petetur, etiam ibi peti debet ubi res est.
But if the legacy is claimed by an action in rem, it must also be claimed where the property is.
et si mobilis sit res, ad exhibendum agi cum herede poterit, ut exhibeat rem: sic enim uindicari a legatario poterit.
And if the property is movable, an action for production can be brought against the heir, so that he may produce the property; for in this way, it can be vindicated by the legatee.

Notes

  1. 5.1.38.prexigetur — The third-person singular future indicative of the verb exigo (to demand/claim). In the si-conditional clause, it expresses a factual assumption in the future. The following main clause uses the present tense debet to state a general rule.
  2. 5.1.38.prad exhibendum agi — The accusative gerund exhibendum (producing/exhibiting) with the preposition ad expresses purpose ('for the purpose of producing'). agi is the present passive infinitive of ago (to bring an action), used impersonally with cum herede ('with/against the heir') to form an impersonal passive construction meaning 'an action can be brought against the heir (for production)'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.1.38.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.38.pr

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