Joint Use by Spouses of Things Other than a House

Notes

1. §7.8.9.prCeterarum quoque rerum usu legato — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun usu (ablative singular of usus) and legato (perfect passive participle of legare in the ablative singular). ceterarum rerum is an objective genitive depending on usu. Here it expresses a conditional force: 'when/if the use of other things also has been bequeathed.'
2. §7.8.9.pruxorem cum uiro in promiscuo usu eas res habere posse — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) clause introduced by the impersonal gerundive construction dicendum est ('it must be said'). The accusative uxorem is the subject of the infinitive clause, the main verb of which is posse ('to be able'), followed by the complementary infinitive habere ('to have, use'). eas res ('those things') is the direct object of habere, and in promiscuo usu expresses the manner ('in common use').