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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.5.1.pr

Senatusconsult on Bequest of Usufruct of Consumables

Passage 1290 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian mentions the senatusconsult which allowed the bequest of usufruct for all kinds of property, thereby introducing the usufruct of consumable things.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad Sabinum. ] §7.5.1.prSenatus censuit, ut omnium rerum, quas in cuiusque patrimonio esse constaret, usus fructus legari possit: quo senatus consulto inductum uidetur, ut earum rerum, quae usu tolluntur uel minuuntur, possit usus fructus legari.
[ULPIAN in the eighteenth book on Sabinus.] The Senate decreed that the usufruct of all things which are established to be in anyone's patrimony can be bequeathed; by which senatusconsult it seems to have been introduced that the usufruct of those things which are consumed or diminished by use can be bequeathed.

Notes

  1. §7.5.1.prconstaret — Subjunctive imperfect of the impersonal verb constat. The subjunctive is used because it is in a relative clause (quas...) subordinate to an ut-clause expressing the content of the Senate's decree (indirect speech), with tense sequence following the historical main verb censuit.
  2. §7.5.1.prquo senatus consulto — The ablative of the connecting relative pronoun qui modifying the noun senatus consulto. It functions like a demonstrative pronoun ("and by this senatusconsult") connecting the new sentence to the preceding one, serving as an ablative of means modifying inductum uidetur.
  3. §7.5.1.prinductum uidetur — A personal construction of the verb uideor ("it seems"). The ut-clause (earum rerum... possit usus fructus legari) serves as the substantive subject, meaning "it seems to have been introduced that...". Inductum is a perfect passive infinitive with esse omitted (inductum esse).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.5.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.5.1.pr

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