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§1.7.19.pr-1.7.19.1

Scope of Adrogator Security and Protection of Substituted Wills

Ulpian points out that the specific words of the security to be furnished by the adrogator protect the grants of freedom in secondary tablets, substitute heirs, slaves, and legatees, and notes that an equitable action is granted if this security is omitted.

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[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo sexto ad Sabinum.]

[ULPIANUS in the twenty-sixth book on Sabinus.]

§1.7.19.pr

​His uerbis satisdationis quae ab adrogatore praestari debet ad quos ea res pertinet' et libertatibus prospectum esse,1 quae secundis tabulis2 datae sunt, et multo magis substituto seruo,3 item legatariis, nemo dubitat.

​No one doubts that by these words of the security which must be furnished by the adrogator, “to whom that matter pertains,” provision is made both for the freedoms which were granted in the secondary tablets, and much more for a substitute heir, for a slave, and likewise for legatees.

§1.7.19.1

​Quae satisdatio si omissa fuerit, utilis actio in adrogatorem datur.

​If this security has been omitted, an equitable action is granted against the adrogator.

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 1.7.19.prprospectum esse

    Passive perfect infinitive of the intransitive verb prospicere (to make provision for) used impersonally, forming an accusative-and-infinitive construction as the object of nemo dubitat. It governs the datives (libertatibus, substituto, seruo, legatariis).

  2. 1.7.19.prsecundis tabulis

    "Secondary tablets" refers to the part of a will containing pupillary substitution (pupillaris substitutio), where a paterfamilias appoints a substitute heir for his ward in case the ward dies before reaching puberty.

  3. 1.7.19.prsubstituto seruo

    Although appearing continuous without a comma in some manuscripts or editions, these are two separate dative nouns: substituto (a substitute heir under pupillary substitution) and seruo (a slave). Each stands in apposition as a dative governed by prospicere.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.19.pr-1.7.19.1