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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.72.pr

Legacy of Usufruct by a Bare Owner and Its Accrual

Passage 1243 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the validity of a bequest of a usufruct by an owner of a bare property, addressing cases where the usufruct accrues to the property during the testator's lifetime, before the acceptance of the inheritance, or after its acceptance.

[ULPIANUS libro septimo decimo ad Sabinum. ] §7.1.72.prSi dominus nudae proprietatis usum fructum legauerit, uerum est, quod Maecianus scripsit libro tertio quaestionum de fideicommissis, ualere legatum: et si forte in uita testatoris uel ante aditam hereditatem proprietati accesserit, ad legatarium pertinere.
[ULPIANUS libro septimo decimo ad Sabinum.] If the owner of a bare property has bequeathed a usufruct, it is correct, as Maecianus wrote in the third book of his Questions on Fideicommissa, that the legacy is valid; and that if by chance, during the lifetime of the testator or before the acceptance of the inheritance, the usufruct should accrue to the property, it belongs to the legatee.
plus admittit Maecianus, etiamsi post aditam hereditatem accessisset usus fructus, utiliter diem cedere et ad legatarium pertinere.
Maecianus goes further and admits that even if the usufruct should accrue after the acceptance of the inheritance, the right is validly established and belongs to the legatee.

Notes

  1. §7.1.72.prnudae proprietatis — A Roman law concept meaning ownership stripped of the right to use and enjoy the fruits (usufruct); literally "naked property."
  2. §7.1.72.prualere legatum ... pertinere — These are accusative with infinitive (AcI) clauses functioning as the subjects of the main clause verb phrase `uerum est` ("it is true/correct"). The intervening clause `quod Maecianus scripsit...` is an appositive or explanatory relative clause.
  3. §7.1.72.prante aditam hereditatem — The preposition `ante` is combined with the noun `hereditatem` in the accusative and the perfect passive participle `aditam` (from `adire`, "to enter/accept"), expressing the action or event: "before the acceptance of the inheritance" (similar to the 'ab urbe condita' construction).
  4. §7.1.72.prdiem cedere — A technical legal term in Roman law meaning that the right to a legacy has vested or been established (literally, "the day yields"). It is contrasted with `diem uenire`, which is the time when the legacy can actually be demanded.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.72.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.72.pr

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