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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.6.pr-7.1.6.2

Creation of Usufruct and Acquisition via Dependents

Passage 1177 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage explains various ways of establishing a usufruct (such as by bequest or by judicial award in partition actions), its acquisition through dependents, and the possibility of bequeathing ownership minus usufruct when a slave is instituted as heir.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §7.1.6.prUsus fructus pluribus modis constituitur: ut ecce, si legatus fuerit.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, book 7] A usufruct is established in several ways: for example, if it has been bequeathed.
sed et proprietas deducto usu fructu legari potest, ut apud heredem maneat usus fructus.
But also the ownership can be bequeathed with the deduction of the usufruct, so that the usufruct remains with the heir.
§7.1.6.1Constituitur adhuc usus fructus et in iudicio familiae herciscundae et communi diuidundo, si iudex alii proprietatem adiudicauerit, alii usum fructum.
Furthermore, a usufruct is also established in an action for partition of an inheritance and for division of common property, if the judge awards ownership to one person and the usufruct to another.
§7.1.6.2Adquiritur autem nobis usus fructus non solum per nosmet ipsos, sed etiam per eas quoque personas, quas iuri nostro subiectas habemus.
Moreover, a usufruct is acquired for us not only through ourselves, but also through those persons whom we have subject to our power.
Nihil autem uetat seruo meo herede instituto legari proprietatem deducto usu fructu.
However, nothing prevents ownership from being bequeathed with the deduction of the usufruct when my slave has been instituted as heir.

Notes

  1. 7.1.6.prdeducto usu fructu — An ablative absolute construction with the ablative of usus fructus, meaning "the usufruct having been deducted" or "with the deduction of the usufruct".
  2. 7.1.6.1iudicio familiae herciscundae et communi diuidundo — Ablative noun phrases governed by the preposition in. It refers to two legal actions, iudicio familiae herciscundae (action for partition of an inheritance) and iudicio communi dividundo (action for division of common property), with the noun iudicio omitted in the second phrase.
  3. 7.1.6.2quas iuri nostro subiectas habemus — A construction where the relative pronoun quas is the accusative direct object and subiectas is its predicative complement, using habeo + perfect participle/adjective to mean "to have someone in a state of being...". The dative iuri nostro depends on the adjective subiectas.
  4. 7.1.6.2seruo meo herede instituto — An ablative absolute construction with the perfect participle instituto. herede is a noun in apposition to seruo meo, meaning "when my slave has been instituted as heir".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.6.pr-7.1.6.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.6.pr-7.1.6.2

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