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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.18.pr

Replacement and Ownership of Dead Trees in Usufruct

Passage 1189 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus rules on the obligation to replace dead trees when the usufruct of land has been bequeathed, and establishes that the dead trees belong to the usufructuary.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §7.1.18.prAgri usu fructu legato in locum demortuarum arborum aliae substituendae sunt et priores ad fructuarium pertinent.
[PAULUS in the third book on Sabinus.] When the usufruct of land has been bequeathed, other trees must be substituted in place of those that have died, and the former belong to the usufructuary.

Notes

  1. §7.1.18.prAgri usu fructu legato — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the ablative singular 'usu fructu' (from the fourth declension noun 'ususfructus') and 'legato', the perfect passive participle of 'legare' (to bequeath). The genitive 'agri' modifies 'usu fructu'.
  2. §7.1.18.praliae — A nominative feminine plural pronoun referring back to the feminine noun 'arborum' (genitive plural of 'arbor'). It means 'other (trees)' and serves as the subject of 'substituendae sunt'.
  3. §7.1.18.prpriores — The nominative feminine plural of the comparative adjective 'prior' (former, previous). It refers to the 'arbores' (trees) and designates the original (now dead and removed) trees.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.18.pr

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