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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.4.4.pr

Extinction of Usufruct Transferred under a Trust

Passage 1262 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In a case where a legatee is requested to restore a usufruct to a third party (fideicommissary), the passage states that the praetor must ensure the extinction of the usufruct depends on the status or life of the fideicommissary rather than the legatee.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §7.4.4.prSi legatum usum fructum legatarius alii restituere rogatus est, id agere praetor debet, ut ex fideicommissarii persona magis quam ex legatarii pereat usus fructus.
[MARCIANUS from the third book of Institutes.] If a legatee is requested to restore a bequeathed usufruct to another, the praetor ought to see to it that the usufruct is extinguished by reference to the person of the fideicommissary rather than to that of the legatee.

Notes

  1. §7.4.4.prex fideicommissarii persona magis quam ex legatarii pereat usus fructus — Since a usufruct is a right inherent in a person, it is extinguished by the death or loss of status of a specific individual. The prepositional phrase ex persona (by reference to the person of) points to the individual whose life or status determines this extinction. When a usufruct is transferred to a fideicommissary by trust, the praetor must ensure (id agere ut) that the extinction (pereat) of the usufruct is governed by the circumstances of the actual beneficiary (the fideicommissary) rather than the formal legatee.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.4.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.4.4.pr

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