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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.49.pr

Division of Bequeathed Usufruct Among Multiple Parties

Passage 1220 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains that if a usufruct is bequeathed by two heirs to two co-legatees, each legatee acquires a one-quarter share of the usufruct from the respective share of each heir.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo ad Plautium. ] §7.1.49.prSi mihi et tibi a Sempronio et Mucio heredibus usus fructus legatus sit, ego in partem Sempronii quadrantem, in partem Mucii alterum quadrantem habebo, tu item in utriusque parte eorum quadrantes habes.
[POMPONIUS, in the seventh book on Plautius.] If a usufruct should be bequeathed to me and you by the heirs Sempronius and Mucius, I shall have a quadrant in Sempronius's share, and another quadrant in Mucius's share, and you likewise have quadrants in the share of each of them.

Notes

  1. §7.1.49.prin partem Sempronii — The preposition in with the accusative partem indicates the specific share of the heir against or upon which the bequeathed obligation of the usufruct is charged.
  2. §7.1.49.prquadrantem — It means one-quarter (1/4) of the whole. Since there are two heirs bound to deliver the bequest (assuming they hold equal shares of 1/2 of the estate) and two co-legatees, the bequest is divided equally between the two legatees out of each heir's share, resulting in a quarter of the whole for each legatee from each heir.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.49.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.49.pr

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