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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.9.8.pr

Security Given to Owners and Joint Usufructuaries

Passage 1344 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses to whom and in what cases security (cautio) must be given when the usufructuary and the owner are different persons, or when there are joint usufructuaries.

[PAULUS libro septuagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §7.9.8.prSi tibi usus fructus et mihi proprietas legata sit, mihi cauendum est: sed si mihi sub condicione proprietas legata sit, quidam et Marcianus et heredi et mihi cauendum esse putant: quae sententia uera est.
[PAULUS in the seventy-fifth book on the Edict.] If a usufruct is bequeathed to you and the property to me, security must be given to me; but if the property is bequeathed to me under a condition, some jurists and Marcianus think that security must be given both to the heir and to me; and this opinion is correct.
item si mihi legata sit et, cum ad me pertinere desierit, alii, et hic utrisque cauendum ut supra placuit.
Likewise, if it is bequeathed to me and, when it ceases to belong to me, to another, in this case also it is accepted, as above, that security must be given to both.
quod si duobus coniunctim usus fructus legatus sit, et inuicem sibi cauere debebunt et heredi in casum illum: 'si ad socium non pertineat usus fructus, heredi reddi'.
But if a usufruct is bequeathed to two persons jointly, they must give security to each other in turn, and also to the heir for this event: 'that if the usufruct does not belong to the partner, it shall be restored to the heir'.

Notes

  1. §7.9.8.prmihi cauendum est — mihi is not the dative of agent with the gerundive cauendum ("I must give security"), but the dative of benefit/interest representing the recipient of the security ("security must be given to me").
  2. §7.9.8.prsi mihi legata sit et, cum ad me pertinere desierit, alii — The subject of legata sit is usus fructus (which is treated as a feminine noun here). After alii, the predicate legata sit (or a similar verb) is implied.
  3. §7.9.8.prheredi reddi — reddi is a present passive infinitive, functioning as part of an accusative with infinitive construction (with the subject accusative omitted) that specifies the content of the stipulation or the security (cauere).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.9.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.9.8.pr

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