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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.40.pr

Retention of Usufruct via Donee's Actual Use

Passage 1211 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if a usufructuary makes a gift of the property, the usufruct is not retained unless the donee actually uses it.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §7.1.40.prQuod si donauero, non alias retineo, nisi ille utatur.
[MARCIANUS, in the third book of his Institutes.] But if I make a gift of it, I do not retain it otherwise than if that person uses it.

Notes

  1. §7.1.40.prQuod si — The relative pronoun quod at the beginning of the sentence is used transitionally, and in combination with si, it means 'But if' or 'And if'.
  2. §7.1.40.prnon alias ... nisi — A double negative construction ('not otherwise... unless') expressing a strong limitation, meaning in effect 'only if'. The object of retineo ('usufructum') is understood from the context.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.40.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.40.pr

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